Caption

Amulet – two-headed snake;, Two-headed snake with vertical coils on a base, with delicately carved scales and snouts. Material: amulet. Function: protective amulet. Subject: snakes/animals. Style: Egyptian art. Date: 664–332 BC, Late Period, Egypt. Dimensions: height 3.3 cm, width 7 cm, depth 1.5 cm., A small sculptural object shaped like a horizontal row of three stylized looping serpents with raised heads at each end, rendered in a pale green color with a speckled brown patina and areas of slightly darker green; the piece sits on a flat rectangular base of the same pale green with brown speckling, and the background is a neutral light gray.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A03_335

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Rights managed

Available size

35.0Mb (1.9Mb) / 16.1in x 8.5in / 4819 x 2535 (300dpi)

Keywords

Amulet – two-headed snake Two-headed snake vertical coils base delicately carved scales snouts Material amulet Function protective amulet Subject snakes animals Style Egyptian art Date 664–332 Bc Late Period Egypt Dimensions height 3.3 cm width 7 cm depth 1.5 cm small sculptural object shaped horizontal row three stylized looping serpents raised heads rendered pale green color speckled brown patina areas slightly darker green piece sits flat rectangular base pale green brown speckling background neutral light gray.