Egyptian Faience Necklace with a Horus Amulet

$246.42

A fine Egyptian faience necklace, composed of blue cylindrical beads and small flattened black, green, red and white disc shaped beads, alternating in different combinations. Central to the necklace sits a Horus amulet, depicted as a falcon wearing the double crown of Egypt. The cylindrical and small faience beads come from a collection of beads discovered by Flinders Petrie at Gurob.

Date: Circa 1069-744 BC
Period: Third Intermediate Period
Condition: Condition: Excellent condition. The necklace has been finished with a small gold, plated clasp (please be aware that the clasp has not been professionally tied). When folded the necklace measures 23.6cm in length.

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SKU: LD-183 Category: Tags: ,

Horus was depicted as two deities; Horus the Elder and Horus the Younger. Horus the Elder was considered god of the sky and the son of Geb (Earth) and Nut (Sky). As a god he was associated with both the sun and the moon. Horus the Younger was the son of Osiris and Isis, he too was associated with the sky, sun and the moon. He was the protector of Egypt’s royalty and defender of order, uniter of the two lands (lower and upper Egypt). Over time, both Horus deities were merged with Ra, the sun god, and represented as a falcon headed man bearing the sun disk and the crown of upper and lower Egypt.

To discover more about amulets in Egypt, please visit our relevant blog post: Egyptian Amulets and their Meanings: Ancient Egyptian Gods.

Weight 3.73 g
Dimensions L 23.6 cm
Culture

Egyptian Mythology

Faience

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