Bronze Processional Piece
name: label: Donor Name
content: Thomas N. Page
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "Representing the head of Isis-Hathor. In two pieces."
label: Notes
content: Half of an aegis. Probably 25th - 26th dynasty. This was probably from a hand-held ritual object used in temple observances. It might have been attached to a menat necklace. A female deity with a falcon - probably related to Isis or Hathor.
label: Notes
content: With this object is an an obsidian disc 36mm diameter said to have been found in NHB Q660500204, but nothing inventoried to that location. Fit to A278324 seems too close to be by chance. Note adhesive residue.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 4 Feb 2025
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Egypt, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Archaeology
culture: label: Culture
content: Ancient Egyptian
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 055566
label: USNM Number
content: A278324-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Bronze Object