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A pendant depicting a ba-bird with outstretched wings

A pendant depicting a ba-bird with outstretched wings. Dimensions: L. 5 × W. 2.9 × D. 0.7 cm (1 15/16 × 1 1/8 × 1/4 in.). Dynasty: Dynasty 26-30. Date: 664-332 B.C.. Ba-bird amulets, like this rare beautifully inlaid example, were placed on the chest of a mummy, presumably as protective substitute for an individual's own ba. The ba-bird was the part of a human activated after death: it was commissioned to visit the world of living as well as oversee critical events during the deceased's passage from this world to the next. The earliest, a gold foil example, was included in Tutankhamun's mummy (ca. 1327 B.C.), but those of Dynasty 26 and later (664-332 B.C.), parallel the one here.
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Title:
A pendant depicting a ba-bird with outstretched wings
Caption:
A pendant depicting a ba-bird with outstretched wings. Dimensions: L. 5 × W. 2.9 × D. 0.7 cm (1 15/16 × 1 1/8 × 1/4 in.). Dynasty: Dynasty 26-30. Date: 664-332 B.C.. Ba-bird amulets, like this rare beautifully inlaid example, were placed on the chest of a mummy, presumably as protective substitute for an individual's own ba. The ba-bird was the part of a human activated after death: it was commissioned to visit the world of living as well as oversee critical events during the deceased's passage from this world to the next. The earliest, a gold foil example, was included in Tutankhamun's mummy (ca. 1327 B.C.), but those of Dynasty 26 and later (664-332 B.C.), parallel the one here.
Technique/material:
Gold, lapis lazuli, turquoise, carnelian
Period:
LATE PERIOD
Museum:
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Credit:
Album / Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
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Model: No - Property: No
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Image size:
3294 x 2549 px | 24.0 MB
Print size:
27.9 x 21.6 cm | 11.0 x 8.5 in (300 dpi)
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