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Egyptian amulet of dark blue faience
- Title
- Egyptian amulet of dark blue faience.
- Format
- Realia
- Published
- 3rd c. B.C.- 3rd c. A.D.
- Description
- Dark blue faience.
- Notes
- ISR 970.
- Summary
- An amulet of dark blue faience representing a small female figure with legs spread, hands down toward crotch. A Greek motif representing the goddess of fertility and childbirth.
- Kinsey subjects
- Amulets. Mother goddess. Fertility cults--Egypt--Antiquity. Women in art.