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Lionness Headed Usekh, So Called "Aegis"

Anonymous (Egyptian)

1290-664 BC (late New Kingdom-Third Intermediate)

embossed silver

H: 1 3/16 x W: 15/16 x D: 1/4 in. (3 x 2.4 x 0.7 cm)

Description
Silver was not easily obtainable in Egypt and was probably more costly for ancient Egyptians to acquire than gold.
Additional Information

Acquired by Henry Walters

57.1429

Centre Street: Second Floor: Ancient Treasury

19th-25th Dynasty

Egypt


Provenance

Henry Walters, Baltimore; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

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