4240 – Egyptian Hathor Amulet

Physical description:

An Ancient Egyptian amulet in the shape of the head of the Goddess Hathor. Made of a brownish ceramic with considerable areas of turquoise glaze, some of them still quite bright and shiny.

Museum classification:

Protection

Size:

90 x 55 x 15

Information:

The Goddess Hathor was often depicted as a cow, and when she is depicted in human form, as here, she often has distinctive ears like a cow's ears.

She is also often depicted with a horned headdress, making her an interesting example of a Horned Goddess (deities with horns are usually male).

She was the companion and protector of the Sun God Ra, making her a popular subject for amulets.

Resource:

Object

Materials:

Ceramic

Copyright ownership:

MWM

The Goddess Hathor was often depicted as a cow, and when she is depicted in human form, as here, she often has distinctive ears like a cow's ears.

She is also often depicted with a horned headdress, making her an interesting example of a Horned Goddess (deities with horns are usually male).

She was the companion and protector of the Sun God Ra, making her a popular subject for amulets.

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Circular pendant with suspension ring at top. At the centre is a grid of nine squares each with a symbol inside it. A charm of the kind known as a taweez.

An oval bronze amulet, heavily patinated, hollow backed, in the shape of a stylised human head (or, to be strictly accurate, the face, neck and hair of a head). The hair is delineated with diagonal hatching, and the face has the simplified but powerful expression of the Celtic stone heads found across Britain. Celtic, Iron Age (c. 200 BCE); excavated in County Durham.

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