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Amulet in the Form of a Ba as Human-Headed Bird
Unknown664 B.C.E. or later
Brooklyn Museum
Brooklyn, New York City, United States
Details
- Title: Amulet in the Form of a Ba as Human-Headed Bird
- Creator: Unknown
- Date Created: 664 B.C.E. or later
- Type: Accessory, Jewelry
- Rights: Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund
- External Link: http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/4101/Amulet_in_the_Form_of_a_Ba_as_Human-Headed_Bird
- Medium: Gold, lapis lazuli, turquoise and steatite
- Reportedly from: Saqqara, Egypt
- Period: Late Period or Ptolemaic Period
- Dynasty: XXVI Dynasty or later
- Dimensions: 1 1/4 x 2 11/16 x 3/8in. (3.1 x 6.8 x 0.9cm)
- Collection: Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
- Accession number: 37.804E
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