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Source Description
Each morning, the sun was reborn into the world, often in the form of a young child like the one represented in this pendant. Here, the sun child wears an elaborate necklace and sun disk with a protective uraeus snake on his head. On the right side of his head, he wears a braided ponytail (part of which is now missing). This "side-lock of youth" was a common hairstyle for children in ancient Egypt.
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Document identity
localId
3396
label
Juvenile God with a Sun Disk
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object
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Source metadata
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3396
sourceUrl
contentType
object
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normalized
title
Juvenile God with a Sun Disk
description
Each morning, the sun was reborn into the world, often in the form of a young child like the one represented in this pendant. Here, the sun child wears an elaborate necklace and sun disk with a protective uraeus snake on his head. On the right side of his head, he wears a braided ponytail (part of which is now missing). This "side-lock of youth" was a common hairstyle for children in ancient Egypt.
provenance
Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [as from the Pyramids]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1925 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
ca. 664-404 BCE (Late Period, 26th-27th dynasty)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Metal
statuettes (statues)
figurines
amulets
pendants
amulet-pendants
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5
pageCount
5
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
9.2
height
2.3
depth
3.7
dimensionsRaw
H: 3 5/8 x W: 7/8 x D: 1 7/16 in. (9.2 x 2.3 x 3.7 cm)
Source extras
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Egyptian
med
cast bronze cast with gold inlay
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6182
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EGY
exhibition_ids
3193
3240
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