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Source Description
The lustrous blue glaze on this example of Egyptian faience (a silica-based ceramic that does not include clay but is more like glass) imitated the tones of turquoise, which was imported from the Sinai Peninsula. Egyptian faience was inexpensive to produce, but the results were so beautiful that it was used for even very prestigious objects.The lioness-headed goddess probably Wadjet, is seated on a throne, her left hand holding a papyrus-scepter in front of her body. A loop, which clarifies the function of the small statuette as a pendant, is behind her back.
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Document identity
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11753
label
Lioness-Headed Goddess
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Source metadata
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11753
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title
Lioness-Headed Goddess
description
The lustrous blue glaze on this example of Egyptian faience (a silica-based ceramic that does not include clay but is more like glass) imitated the tones of turquoise, which was imported from the Sinai Peninsula. Egyptian faience was inexpensive to produce, but the results were so beautiful that it was used for even very prestigious objects.The lioness-headed goddess probably Wadjet, is seated on a throne, her left hand holding a papyrus-scepter in front of her body. A loop, which clarifies the function of the small statuette as a pendant, is behind her back.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1930 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
mid 7th-late 6th century BCE (Late Period; Saite)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
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Ceramics
amulets
pendants
amulet-pendants
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4
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4
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import
dimensions
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cm
width
5.3
height
1.4
depth
3.2
dimensionsRaw
H: 2 1/16 x W: 9/16 x D: 1 1/4 in. (5.29 x 1.42 x 3.19 cm)
Source extras
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Egyptian
style
Saitic
dynasty
26th Dynasty
med
Egyptian faience with blue glaze
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6182
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EGY
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none
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