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NME 615 :: amulet, jewellery, feathers

Object description: A double feather-amulet or Swty. A central vertical groove separates two feathers. Each feather has also a central groove. On the back side a very faint protrusion simulating a suspension loop, which indicates the funerary purpose of the amulet.

Inventory number: NME 615
Serie nummer: 12774
Object: amuletamulet; jewelleryjewellery; feathersfeathers
Object, Swedish: amulettamulett; smyckesmycke; fjädrarfj%C3%A4drar
Country - Findspot: Egypt : Africa
Country, Swedish - Findspot: EgyptenEgypten
Material: HaematiteHaematite; StoneStone
Material, Swedish: StenSten; HematitHematit
Acquisition: Dep. from NM 1928Dep.%20from%20NM%201928
Acquisition, Swedish: Deposition från Nationalmuseum 1928.Deposition%20fr%C3%A5n%20Nationalmuseum%201928.
Description: A double feather-amulet or Swty. A central vertical groove separates two feathers. Each feather has also a central groove. On the back side a very faint protrusion simulating a suspension loop, which indicates the funerary purpose of the amulet.
Period: Late Period (724-333 BC)Late%20Period%20%28724-333%20BC%29
Period, Swedish: Sentiden (724-333 f Kr)Sentiden%20%28724-333%20f%20Kr%29
Time - Manufacturing, earliest: -724-724
Time - Manufacturing, latest: -333-333
Length / Längd: 3,1 cm3%2C1%20cm
Width / Bredd: 1,6 cm1%2C6%20cm
Thickness / Tjocklek: 0,5 cm0%2C5%20cm
Dimensions: L. 3.1 cm, W. 1.6 cm, T. 0.5 cm
Loan in - Current: in-1977.0002in-1977.0002
Condition: Intact, minor chip/sIntact%2C%20minor%20chip%2Fs
Original register: EgyptEgypt

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