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<em>Head on Column as Amulet</em>, 664-525 B.C.E. Faience, 2 3/4 x Diam. 9/16 in. (7 x 1.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, 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, 16.580.71. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 16.580_front_PS6.jpg)
Head on Column as Amulet, 664-525 B.C.E. Faience, 2 3/4 x Diam. 9/16 in. (7 x 1.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, 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, 16.580.71. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 16.580_front_PS6.jpg)
<em>Head on Column as Amulet</em>, 664-525 B.C.E. Faience, 2 3/4 x Diam. 9/16 in. (7 x 1.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, 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, 16.580.71. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 16.580_front_PS6.jpg)

Head on Column as Amulet, 664-525 B.C.E. Faience, 2 3/4 x Diam. 9/16 in. (7 x 1.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, 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, 16.580.71. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 16.580_front_PS6.jpg)

<em>Head on Column as Amulet</em>, 664-525 B.C.E. Faience, 2 3/4 x Diam. 9/16 in. (7 x 1.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, 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, 16.580.71. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 16.580.71_side_PS6.jpg)

Head on Column as Amulet, 664-525 B.C.E. Faience, 2 3/4 x Diam. 9/16 in. (7 x 1.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, 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, 16.580.71. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 16.580.71_side_PS6.jpg)

<em>Head on Column as Amulet</em>, 664-525 B.C.E. Faience, 2 3/4 x Diam. 9/16 in. (7 x 1.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, 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, 16.580.71. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.580.71_view1.jpg)

Head on Column as Amulet, 664-525 B.C.E. Faience, 2 3/4 x Diam. 9/16 in. (7 x 1.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, 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, 16.580.71. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.580.71_view1.jpg)

<em>Head on Column as Amulet</em>, 664-525 B.C.E. Faience, 2 3/4 x Diam. 9/16 in. (7 x 1.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, 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, 16.580.71. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.580.71_view2.jpg)

Head on Column as Amulet, 664-525 B.C.E. Faience, 2 3/4 x Diam. 9/16 in. (7 x 1.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, 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, 16.580.71. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.580.71_view2.jpg)

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Head on Column as Amulet

Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

MEDIUM Faience
DATES 664-525 B.C.E.
PERIOD Late Period, Saite Period, or later
DIMENSIONS 2 3/4 x Diam. 9/16 in. (7 x 1.5 cm)  (show scale)
COLLECTIONS Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
ACCESSION NUMBER 16.580.71
CREDIT LINE 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
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION Head of Mut on papyrus column, in pale green faience, as amulet. Double crown on head. Details of capital incised. Front of column decorated with papyrus clump in relief; balance of column plain. Pierced through back of head. Condition: Currently in two pieces. Glaze worn. Base of column hollow (for attachment).
MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
CAPTION Head on Column as Amulet, 664-525 B.C.E. Faience, 2 3/4 x Diam. 9/16 in. (7 x 1.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, 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, 16.580.71. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 16.580_front_PS6.jpg)
IMAGE front, 16.580_front_PS6.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2013
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<em>Head on Column as Amulet</em>, 664-525 B.C.E. Faience, 2 3/4 x Diam. 9/16 in. (7 x 1.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, 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, 16.580.71. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 16.580_front_PS6.jpg)

TAGS

Amulet
Column
Deity
Double Crown
Faience
Female
Goddess
Green
Head
Incised Details
Mut
Papyrus clump
Papyrus Column
Pierced
Saite Period or later

TAGS

Amulet
Column
Deity
Double Crown
Faience
Female
Goddess
Green
Head
Incised Details
Mut
Papyrus clump
Papyrus Column
Pierced
Saite Period or later

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