Aegis of Sakhmet or Bastet, Late Period–Ptolemaic Period, 664–30 B.C., From Egypt, Faience, l. 4 cm (1 9/16 in.) × w. 4 cm (1 9/16 in.), An aegis is a collarlike necklace (often called a broad-collar) bearing a divine head as symbol of protection and fertility. The aegis was an element of a sacred menat necklace from at least the 18th dynasty
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Aegis, Sakhmet, Bastet, Late Period–Ptolemaic Period, 664–30 B.C, Egypt, Faience, l, 4 cm, 1 9/16, w, aegis, collarlike necklace, broad-collar, bearing, divine head, symbol, protection, fertility, element, sacred menat, necklace, 18th dynasty
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