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Amulet of Tuamutef [or Anubis?]

Made By Egyptian
Date1100-660 BC
Mediumfaience
DimensionsOverall: 1 5/8 x 3/8 in. (4.2 x 1 cm)
Classification(s)
  • ANCIENT
Credit LineGift of Mr. Horace Mayer
Terms
  • Anubis
  • Tuamutef
  • God
  • jackal
  • dog
  • amulet
  • religious object
Object number62.32.16.F
Descriptionlight green. 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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