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Amulet

Stylised ivory amulet, one of three found in grave, similar to 1924:31:02a, only horns and top part of eye perforations remain. Magical and ritual use.

Stylised ivory amulet, one of three found in grave, similar to 1924:31:02a, only horns and top part of eye perforations remain. Magical and ritual use.

Object Amulet
Provenance Badari, Egypt
Site Cemetery 3700
Period Predynastic, S.D.39-44
Material Ivory (Hippopotamus)
Subject Egyptology
Ref. No 1924.31:02b
Copyrights Bolton Council