Anubis Amulet, Egypt, Late Period (525-332 BCE)
Summary
Funerary amulets often were made in the form of gods who had roles in protecting the mummy. Anubis, the jackal-headed god, oversaw the embalming process. He also bore the epithet "lord of the hallowed ground," meaning protector of the necropolis. Anubis had a significant role in the judgment of the dead when he supervised the weighing of the heart for Osiris.
From Egypt
Late Period–Ptolemaic Period
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Date
0000
Source
Metropolitan Museum of Art
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