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Faience pectoral, New Kingdom, perhaps reign of Ramesses II, around 1250 BC. Pectoral necklaces were laid on the chest of a mummy, and usually bore an image associated with the wish for protection and a successful passing into the next world. This example has two protective images. The wedjat eye represents restoration to heath and thus resurrection. Anubis is the god of embalming and a protector of the deceased. The use of yellow faience is a further reference to resurrection, this time through the rising and rays of the sun. L: 11cm.

Location British Museum/London/Great Britain

Unique Identifier ART365988

Type Image

Purpose Public

Size 2320px × 2424px

Photo Credit © The Trustees of the British Museum / Art Resource, NY

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19th dynasty (1314-1197 BCE)

Anubis, Jackal-headed God

Faience, Glazed Pottery

School, Egyptian