Spacer with Hathor head, Third Intermediate Period (including Kushite), Dynasty 21–25, ca. 1070–664 B.C., From Egypt, Faience, L. 5.2 cm (2 1/16 in.); H. 3 cm (1 3/16 in.); D. 0.5 cm (3/16 in.), A spacer is an element intended to keep multiple strands of a bracelet or necklace from becoming tangled. One face of this openwork example depicts the Hathor emblem from the sistrum. To either side are uraeus cobras, the one on the left wearing the red crown of Lower Egypt and that on the right the white crown of Upper Egypt
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Spacer, Hathor head, Third Intermediate Period, Kushite, Dynasty 21–25, ca, 1070–664 B.C, Egypt, Faience, L, 5.2 cm, 2 1/16, H, 3, 1 3/16, D, 0.5, 3/16, spacer, element intended, keep multiple, strands, bracelet, necklace, becoming tangled, face, openwork example, depicts, emblem, sistrum, side, uraeus cobras, left wearing, red crown, Lower Egypt, right, white, Upper
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