Cowroid Seal Amulet Inscribed with a Decorative Pattern ca. 1479–1458 New Kingdom Most of the amulets found in the foundation deposits of Hatshepsut's funerary temple were scarabs, but a hand full were carved in the shape of a cowrie shell. Like this one, the backs of most of these cowroids have been incised with a decorative pattern that suggests the setting of a swivel ring bezel (see ). Others () have also been inscribed with the image of a bolti fish (a tilapia), and two have been carved with the image of a falcon, with its wings outstretched and wearing an atef-crown (
Cowroid Seal Amulet Inscribed with a Decorative Pattern ca. 1479–1458 New Kingdom Most of the amulets found in the foundation deposits of Hatshepsut's funerary temple were scarabs, but a hand full were carved in the shape of a cowrie shell. Like this one, the backs of most of these cowroids have been incised with a decorative pattern that suggests the setting of a swivel ring bezel (see ). Others () have also been inscribed with the image of a bolti fish (a tilapia), and two have been carved with the image of a falcon, with its wings outstretched and wearing an atef-crown (, ).The decoration on the base of this cowroid includes stylized representations of the red crown of Lower Egypt (the Delta region) at right and left. The curling plumes of the crowns are echoed in the geometric floral pattern in the Cowroid Seal Amulet Inscribed with a Decorative Pattern. ca. 1479–1458 Steatite (glazed). New Kingdom. From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Deir el-Bahri, Temple of Hatshepsut, Foundation Deposit 7 (G), MMA excavations, 1926–27. Dynasty 18, early
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