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MM 10171 :: jewellery

Object description: Amulet. Pressed representation of a standing, lion headed Sechmet. She is wearing an uraeus. In her left hand is a papyrus sceptre, held in front of her body. Drilled hole at the back of the head. The piece is fitted into a modern metallic frame, with a winged sun disc at the top.

Data elements
References (1)

Inventory number

MM 10171

Serie nummer

Previous ID

E171

Object

Object, Swedish

Country - Findspot

Country, Swedish - Findspot

Material

Faience, green; Pottery

Material, Swedish

Keramik; Fajans; Fajans, grön

Time - Acquisition

Acquisition

Gift by Dr O Smith 16 June 1933. Previously on loan since 1928.

Description

Amulet. Pressed representation of a standing, lion headed Sechmet. She is wearing an uraeus. In her left hand is a papyrus sceptre, held in front of her body. Drilled hole at the back of the head. The piece is fitted into a modern metallic frame, with a winged sun disc at the top.

Period

Late Period, 25th Dynasty (c.735-656 BC)

Period, Swedish

25e dynastin (ca.755-656 f Kr), Sentiden

Time - Manufacturing, earliest

Time - Manufacturing, latest

Name - Acquired from

Description: Otto Smith, a collector who was digging in Egypt at locations such as Saqqara and Luxor in mid 1920s, when there was a huge appetite for Egyptian artifacts in the West (See more at: http://www.elginism.com/similar-cases/egypt-askes-sweden-to-return-artefacts/20090120/1693/#sthash.WxhP7Hog.dpuf)Otto%20Smith%2C%20a%20collector%20who%20was%20digging%20in%20Egypt%20at%20locations%20such%20as%20Saqqara%20and%20Luxor%20in%20mid%201920s%2C%20when%20there%20was%20a%20huge%20appetite%20for%20Egyptian%20artifacts%20in%20the%20West%20%28See%20more%20at%3A%20http%3A%2F%2Fwww.elginism.com%2Fsimilar-cases%2Fegypt-askes-sweden-to-return-artefacts%2F20090120%2F1693%2F%23sthash.WxhP7Hog.dpuf%29
Source - http: www.elginism.com, www.nad.riksarkivet.se, collections.smvk.se, libris.kb.se

Exhibitions

On loan 1928-1933 from the donor

PhotoNegNo

Dig. neg. MM10171. Museum neg. -

Length / Längd

Dimensions

L.4.2 cm,

Condition

Week - Object of the week

2015-29; 2028-29

Original register

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