Usekh with the Head of a Goddess

ca. 380-343 BCE (Late Period, 30th dynasty)

17.4 cm 23.6 cm 5.9 cm

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The Egyptians used a variety of special objects to perform the rituals for the gods. The image of a special collar, called an "usekh," surmounted by the head of a god or goddess was such an object (also called an "aegis," originally a Greek term for "shield"). It was used to i...

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Sheik Ismail [Sakkara] [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1931, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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