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Source Description
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.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
6513
label
Four-headed Ram
core
obj
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object
citationUrl
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5
Source metadata
id
6513
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Four-headed Ram
description
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.
provenance
Khawam Brothers, Cairo [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1930, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
3rd-1st century BC (Late Period-Greco-Roman)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Precious Stones & Gems
amulets
pendants
amulet-pendants
imageCount
5
pageCount
5
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
0.4
height
0.6
depth
0.1
dimensionsRaw
H: 1/8 x W: 1/4 x D: 1/16 in. (0.38 x 0.61 x 0.08 cm)
Source extras
dynasty
Ptolemaic Dynasty
med
lapis lazuli
creator_ids
6182
collection_ids
EGY
JWL
exhibition_ids
2513
Page inventory
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