Lionness Headed Usekh, So Called ""Aegis""

1290-664 BCE (Late New Kingdom-Third Intermediate Period)

2.4 cm 3 cm 0.7 cm

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Silver was not easily obtainable in Egypt and was probably more costly for ancient Egyptians to acquire than gold.

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Henry Walters, Baltimore; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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