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AN EGYPTIAN CARNELIAN URAEUS AMULET
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AN EGYPTIAN CARNELIAN URAEUS AMULET

NEW KINGDOM, DYNASTY XVIII-XX, 1550-1070 B.C.

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AN EGYPTIAN CARNELIAN URAEUS AMULET
New Kingdom, Dynasty XVIII-XX, 1550-1070 B.C.
Column-shaped, the hood slightly flaring and detailed with horizontal incised lines, the head triangular, the suspension loop lost
2 in. (5.1 cm) high

Specialist note

For a similar example in the British Museum see fig. 86c in Andrews, Amulets of Ancient Egypt.