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Description: | Oval amulet carved from green jasper with two lizards in relief on one side and a ceremonial naos-shaped sistrum flanked by 2 seated cats on the other. Both the sistrum and the cat are symbolic of the goddess Hathor. The amulet is pierced along its length. Description Source: Birch, S. 1880. Catalogue of the Collection of Egyptian Antiquities at Alnwick Castle, London: R. Clay, Sons, and Taylor, p. 119-120 | Subjects: | jewellery amulet amulet | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Hathor, Universal Cow-Goddess | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=86... | Go to resource |
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