Caption

Amulet – two-headed snake, two-headed snake with vertical coils on a base, with delicately carved scales and snouts; snakes, animals; protective amulet; Egyptian art; Late Period, 664–332 BC, Egypt; amulet; height 3.3 cm, width 7 cm, depth 1.5 cm., A glazed sculptural object in a pale green color with darker green and brown speckling sits on a flat rectangular base of the same color; the main form consists of a horizontal sequence of soft, looping shapes that create three large open teardrop-like holes and end in two stylized serpent heads at each side, both heads sharing the same pale green glaze with visible texture and irregularities, all set against a neutral gray background.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A03_336

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43.1Mb (894.7Kb) / 16.8in x 10.0in / 5029 x 2999 (300dpi)

Keywords

Amulet – two-headed snake two-headed snake vertical coils base delicately carved scales snouts snakes animals protective amulet Egyptian art Late Period 664–332 Bc Egypt amulet height 3.3 cm width 7 cm depth 1.5 cm glazed sculptural object pale green color darker green brown speckling sits flat rectangular base color main form consists horizontal sequence soft looping shapes create three large open teardrop- holes two stylized serpent heads side heads sharing pale green glaze visible texture irregularities set neutral gray background.