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Amulet of Shak

General Information

Amulet inscribed with triple suspension loop; originally used for holding a papyrus containing an 'oracular amuletic decree'.

Number	E.12.1940
Storing Place	Fitzwilliam Museum - Cambridgeshire - United Kingdom
Material	Gold
Type	Amulet
Type of Script	Hieroglyphic
Height	5.1 cm
Historical Period	The Twenty-fifth Dynasty – The Third Intermediate Period

Inscriptions on the Monument

Translation

'Words recited by Khonsu in Thebes Neferhotep; he made a goodly protection [for] Shak, the justified'.

Scientific Publishing

J.D. Ray, Two inscribed objects in the Fitzwilliam Museum, JEA (Cambridge, 1972), 251-253.