Ox Amulet

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Brooklyn Museum
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Brooklyn Museum
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Title:
Ox Amulet
Date:
ca. 1539–1075 B.C.E.
Description:
Ox bound for sacrifice in red-brown stone (possibly a jasper), as amulet. Both sides alike. Details of head and feet very clear. Condition: Surface worn.
Type:
Accessory
Geographic region:
Egypt
Time period:
New Kingdom
Provenance:
Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father Charles Edwin Wilbour
Medium:
Stone
Extent:
9/16 x 1/4 x 3/4 in. (1.4 x 0.7 x 1.9 cm)
Rights:
Creative Commons-BY
Identifier:
Accession Number: 16.580.11
Is part of:
Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
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