Lot Essay
Cf. C. Andrews, Amulets of Ancient Egypt, The British Museum, London, 1994, pp. 17-18, pl. 12b, col. pl. 38d for similar. Inhert was an ancient warrior god of the Abydos area.
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LATE PERIOD (664-332) B.C.
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AN EGYPTIAN BRONZE AMULETIC FIGURE OF THE WARRIOR GOD, INHERT (ONURIS)
LATE PERIOD (664-332) B.C.
Striding with right arm raised to take a lance, left hand at his waist, wearing characteristic long pleated kilt, beard and short wig surmounted by a crown with central uraeus and four plumes arranged in a tall square column, suspension loop at nape of neck, feet missing, mounted
2½ in. (6.3 cm.) high
LATE PERIOD (664-332) B.C.
Striding with right arm raised to take a lance, left hand at his waist, wearing characteristic long pleated kilt, beard and short wig surmounted by a crown with central uraeus and four plumes arranged in a tall square column, suspension loop at nape of neck, feet missing, mounted
2½ in. (6.3 cm.) high
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