Black Stone Cippus
date: label: Accession Date
content: 15 Feb 1963
name: label: Donor Name
content: Mortimer Clarke
notes: label: Notes
content: A "chippus" [term from Greek] or protective amulet. Stone, probably steatite. Has ritual text inscribed on the back. Also has holes drilled through - placement (through relief images) indicates these are secondary modern damage, not original. This one shows a female deity holding (subduing) scorpions and snakes and maybe other critters, while standing on a crocodile. Late period c.600-300 BC. An object of popular piety, would have been common in homes of average means.
label: Notes
content: From card: "Front with standing figure in relief, holding sistrum in each hand; lion to left, scarab to right. Inscription on back, perforated at top and bottom. May be fraud."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 28 Apr 2023
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Egypt, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Archaeology
culture: label: Culture
content: Egyptian, Late Period
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 245919
label: USNM Number
content: A435213-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Amulet