Amulet of Isis with the child Horus

Unidentified Ancient Egyptian maker

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Ptolemaic Period (possibly) (332-30 BCE)

Faience

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Sarah Emily and George Weber Schoenhut

169.36.24711B

Geography

Place Made: Egypt, Northern Africa, Africa

Period

1000 BCE-1 CE

Object Name

Personal Symbol: Amulet

Research Area

Ancient Egypt

Africa

Not on view

Provenance

Collected by Sarah W. D. Brown, about 1895-1896; given to her daughter, Sarah Emily Brown Schoenhut [1905-1999], Ely, Vermont; given to present collection, 1969.

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