Four-headed Ram

3rd-1st century BC (Late Period-Greco-Roman)

0.6 cm 0.4 cm 0.1 cm

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This lapis lazuli amulet appears to represents a four-headed ram, which is connected to the idea of the four winds and the four points of the compass. The amulet is pierced under the belly and may have served as a part of a necklace.

Artifact

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6513
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Khawam Brothers, Cairo [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1930, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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en
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5
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