Egyptian amulet of Nut as a sow, Late Dynastic Period, 26th-31st Dynasty, c.664-332 BC
Faience
Length: 1.8cm
11096
Further images
Moulded and very finely detailed in a blue-green faience, the sky goddess Nut is here represented as a sow, her snout to the ground, ears upright, short dashes indicating her...
Moulded and very finely detailed in a blue-green faience, the sky goddess Nut is here represented as a sow, her snout to the ground, ears upright, short dashes indicating her fur, her belly with two rows of teets. She stands four-square on a rectangular base creating negative space between her legs, her belly and the ground. A small, ribbed loop on her back for suspension. Intact.
Provenance
Private collection, Hamburg, Germany; acquired 1955-65Noele and Ronald Mele, Westport, UK; acquired 2002
Arnold Meijer, the Netherlands; acquired from the above
