IDENTIFIERS
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id:	52197
accession number:	E.170.1921

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Tuesday 25 February 2020

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: 11 amulets representing Isis nursing Horus, seated (2); a dwarf, possibly the god Bes (4) and certainly the god Bes (3); a right hand and the upper part of a papyrus stem. Isis and Horus were associated with rebirth and childbirth and Bes was a household god who protected pregnant women and women in childbirth. These ideas of rebirth were also valid for the rebirth following death, which is why they were probably placed within a grave.
object type: 11 faience amulets.
title:	amulet

LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Antiquities

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/52197





TECHNIQUES
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mouldmade

CATEGORIES
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category: jewellery

DATING
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creation date:	701 - 601
creation date earliest:	701
creation date latest:	601
culture:	Meroitic
culture:	Third Intermediate period


DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Height
units: m
value: 0.015