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Source Description
This amulet represents a "menat," a counterweight often made of metal worn on the back to keep large necklaces in place. "Menats" were regarded not only as jewelry but also as ritual objects sacred to the goddess Hathor, who was called, among many other titles, "Mistress of the Counterweight." This small-scale "menat" amulet shows the lion-headed goddess Sakhmet - closely associated with Hathor - wearing the sun disk and a broad collar. Below appears an "udjat," the eye of Horus, between two rearing cobras. The disk at the bottom depicts another pair of snakes spreading large protective wings around a seated deity in the middle.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
21977
label
Lionness-headed Menat
core
obj
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object
citationUrl
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3
Source metadata
id
21977
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Lionness-headed Menat
description
This amulet represents a "menat," a counterweight often made of metal worn on the back to keep large necklaces in place. "Menats" were regarded not only as jewelry but also as ritual objects sacred to the goddess Hathor, who was called, among many other titles, "Mistress of the Counterweight." This small-scale "menat" amulet shows the lion-headed goddess Sakhmet - closely associated with Hathor - wearing the sun disk and a broad collar. Below appears an "udjat," the eye of Horus, between two rearing cobras. The disk at the bottom depicts another pair of snakes spreading large protective wings around a seated deity in the middle.
provenance
Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1927 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
ca. 950-660 BC (Third Intermediate-Late Period)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Ceramics
amulets
pendants
amulet pendant
imageCount
3
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3
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
8.9
height
3.2
depth
0.5
dimensionsRaw
H: 3 1/2 x W: 1 1/4 x D: 3/16 in. (8.9 x 3.15 x 0.48 cm)
Source extras
cul
Egyptian
dynasty
22nd-25th Dynasty
med
Egyptian faience with blue glaze
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6182
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EGY
JWL
exhibition_ids
10
1954
2227
2513
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photo
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