Snake Head Amulet

1550-1186 BCE (New Kingdom, 18th-19th dynasty)

1.7 cm 1.4 cm 3.2 cm

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Snake's head pendants were common amulets in the New Kingdom, and were usually attached to a necklace. They should protect its owner in this life and the after life. For a similar pendant see Walters 42.356.

Artifact

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