Menit amulet, Late Period–Ptolemaic Period, 664–30 B.C., From Egypt, Blue faience, L. 4.5 × W. 2 × D. 1.6 cm (1 3/4 × 13/16 × 5/8 in.), The menat is a term for the counterweight of a menat necklace, a heavy set of beads with counterweight sacred to great female goddesses in particular who were appeased by the sound of the shaken beads
Keywords:
Menit amulet, Late Period–Ptolemaic Period, 664–30 B.C, Egypt, Blue faience, L, 4.5, W, 2, D, 1.6 cm, 1 3/4, 13/16, 5/8, menat, term, counterweight, menat necklace, heavy set, beads, counterweight sacred, great female, goddesses, particular, appeased, sound, shaken beads
Image ID:
The watermark in the image will not appear on the final download.