Photo of collection object Amulet in the Form of a Heart — Amulet in the Form of a Heart, ca. 664-30 B.C.E.. Sheet gold, 13/16 x 5/8 in. (2.1 x 1.6 cm). Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 08.480.212. Creative Commons-BY.

Brooklyn Museum

Brooklyn Museum

Amulet in the Form of a Heart

ca. 664-30 B.C.E.

Maker Unknown

Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

Gold was associated with various ideas concerning divinity and immortality because it symbolized light and does not corrode. These amulets are similar to ones excavated in Twenty-sixth Dynasty tombs at Saqqara, one of the cemeteries of the northern Egyptian capital of Memphis. They belonged to individuals sufficiently prosperous to have their mummies adorned with such magically protective gold devices.

Original Source

Maker/Artist: Maker Unknown
Classification: Accessory
Formatted Medium: Sheet gold
Medium: sheet, gold
Locations: Reportedly from: Thebes (Deir el Bahri), Egypt
Period: Late Period to Ptolemaic Period
Dimensions: 13/16 x 5/8 in. (2.1 x 1.6 cm)
Departments: Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
Accession Number: 08.480.212
Credit Line: Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund
Exhibitions: Egypt Reborn: Art for Eternity, Ancient Egyptian Art
Rights Statement: Creative Commons-BY
Museum Location: 19th Dynasty to Roman Period, Martha A. and Robert S. Rubin Gallery, 3rd Floor
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