Amulet of Re-Horakhty
Ancient Egyptian
-700–-1
- Medium
- Faience
- Dimensions
- 7.8 × 1.8 × 2.3 cm (3 1/8 × 3/4 × 7/8 in.)
- Genre
- amulet
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Styles
Tags
jewelryfalconsgods (deities)ptolemaicmoldingbirdslate period (egyptian)ancient artamuletsunsdeitiescostumeegyptianceramicancientfaïence (composite material)
About
Re-Horakhty was a combination of the solar gods Re and Horus of the Horizon, both of whom promised eternal life after death by equating a person’s rebirth with the rising of the sun each dawn.
