Amulet in the form of a double ba-bird

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Amulet in the form of a double ba-bird

Culture: Egyptian

Period: Late Period-Ptolemaic Period

Date: 664-30 BC

Place made:Egypt

Medium: Stone

Dimensions:

height: 1 1/8 in. (2.9 cm)

Credit Line: Museum Purchase: Stark-Willson Collection

Object number: 86.138.581

Provenance: By purchase, the Stark family, Orange, Texas, between 1927 and 1929; by bequest, the Nelda C. and H. J. Lutcher Stark Foundation, 1965; by purchase, the San Antonio Museum of Art with funding from Mr. and Mrs. Robert Willson, 1986

Exhibition History: "Mummies, Myths and Magic," Witte Museum, San Antonio, Sept. 22, 1989-Apr. 8, 1990. "Searching for Eternity: Life and Death in Ancient Egypt," Houston Museum of Natural Science, June 1999 - July 2012.

Published References C. C. Van Siclen, III, An Illustrated Checklist for Mummies, Myths and Magic (San Antonio: Van Siclen Books, 1990), p. 12, no. 4.

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Art of the Ancient Mediterranean World

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Amulet in the form of a double ba-bird

Amulet in the form of a double ba-bird