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Fragment of Amulet (?) of Tuamutef [or Anubis]

Made By Egyptian
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Mediumglass
DimensionsOverall: 1 x 9/16 in. (2.5 x 1.5 cm)
Classification(s)
  • ANCIENT
Credit LineFound in the collection and catalogued, 1993
Terms
  • Anubis
  • Tuamutef
  • jackal
  • God
  • religious object
Object number93.1.12.I
Descriptionpressed into a mold. Tuamutef - Mummiform figure with the head of a jackal (or dog?). One of the four sons of Horus. Protected the stomach of the dead, which was embalmed in the third canopic jar.-Alan W. Shorter,"The Egyptian Gods", p.143. Anubis - Man with the head of a jackal.
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