Menit amulet, Late Period–Ptolemaic Period, 664–30 , From Egypt, Blue faience, L. × W. 2 × D. cm (1 3/4 × 13/16 × 5

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Menit amulet, Late Period–Ptolemaic Period, 664–30 , From Egypt, Blue faience, L. × W. 2 × D. cm (1 3/4 × 13/16 × 5/8 in.), The menat is a term for the counterweight of a menat necklace, a heavy set of beads with counterweight sacred to great female goddesses in particular who were appeased by the sound of the shaken beads

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Size: 3467px × 5200px
Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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