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| Keywords: Egyptian - Pectoral with Female Worshiper and Anubis on Shrine - Walters 4289.jpg A glazed steatite pectoral with incised design On the front a woman wearing a perfume cone worships the jackal god Anubis resting on a shrine Above him are two hieroglyphic signs the udjat for protection and a collar signifying gold On the back a djed pillar meaning eternity is flanked by two tjet signs meaning protection symbolizing also Osiris between Isis and Nephthys between 1070 730 BC Third Intermediate steatite orginally glazed H 3 x W 2 1/2 7 59 x 6 36 x 0 01 cm accession number 42 89 21603 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters Jewelry - Ancient to Modern The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1979-1980 place of origin Egypt Walters Art Museum license Ancient Egyptian pectorals in the Walters Art Museum Ancient Egyptian jewellery in the Walters Art Museum Eye of Horus hieroglyph Recumbent canine hieroglyph Shrine-shaped pectorals | ||||
