Accession No
Z 45782
Description
Amulet of Anubis - Faience amulet of Anubis
Place
Africa; North Africa; Egypt; Saqqara
Period
Late Period
Source
Egypt Exploration Society
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
Z 45782; H5-2678[4958]; {249}; 425
Cultural Affliation
Material
Faience
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Context (CMS Context)
Found: Sacred Animal Necropolis, Falcon Complex and Catacomb, Gallery 16. Excavated by the Egypt Exploration Society in 1971-1972.
Event Date 10/6/1991
Author: maa
Description (CMS Description)
Faience amulet of Anubis
Event Date 10/6/1991
Author: maa
Context (CMS Context)
(Bib): Davies, S. & H.S. Smith. 2005. The Sacred Animal Necropolis at North Saqqara: The Falcon Complex and Catacomb, The Archaeological Report. London, Egypt Exploration Society. no. 425, p. 117
Event Date 2/3/2015
Author: Imogen Gunn
Description (CMS Description)
Pale blue-green faience amuletic statuette of Anubis standing on a base with a back pillar piecered laterally for suspension behind the shoulders. The god is represented as a jackal-headed, anthropomorphic deity wearing a kilt and a lappeted wig. He is shown with engaged left leg advanced and with both arms down by his sides. The face is missing and the left ear is broken off. (see Davies and Smith)
Event Date 2/3/2015
Author: maa
FM:40204
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