Faience Amulet (Dendera Treasure Hoards)
GEM Number
74660
Collection
Main Galleries
Period
Graeco-Roman
Description
A gilt-faience amulet found along with a mummified hawk inside a hawk figure, as part of a votive ritual hoard discovered in 1918 near the sacred lake of the Dendera temple (one of a group of caches, known as the Dendera Treasure Hoards).
Region
Upper Egypt
Area
Qena
Faience - Gold
Height
5 cm
Width
1.4 cm
Length
2.7 cm