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Inscribedno inscription
Frog Amulet
Made By
Egyptian
Dateno date
Mediumstone
DimensionsOverall: 9/16 x 3/8 x 9/16 in. (1.4 x 0.9 x 1.5 cm)
Classification(s)
- ANCIENT
Credit LineFound in the collection and catalogued, 1993
Terms
- frog
- amulet
- religious object
Object number93.1.12.F
DescriptionThe frog was typical of teeming life and resurrection. It was the symbol of the goddess Heqt, the wife of Khnum, who made the first man on a potter's wheel, and when laid on a dead person transferred to him the new life which was in the body of the goddess.Collections
On View
Not on viewEgyptian, anonymous
Late Period (c. 664 BC - 310 BC), likely Dynasty 26 (664-525 BC)
