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| Keywords: Egyptian - Plaque with a Jackal Shaped Anubis - Walters 481634.jpg A faience mold-made amulet in the form of a small plaque with the jackal god Anubis recumbent upon a pylon shaped chest/shrine There is a flail over the back of the jackal The jackal and the chest are in raised relief The jackal faces to the left and this amulet is the mirror image of Walters 48 1635 The glaze is a pale green except for the jackal which is bright blue The lower and left sides are squared but the other two are rounded roughly outlining the shape of the jackal and the chest Numerous funerary amulets were usually placed among the many layers of linen strips used to wrap mummies Specific amulets along with their required position on the body are listed in funerary texts such as The Book of the Dead Amulets were sometimes sewn directly onto the wrappings or could be incorporated into a bead net shroud covering the mummy This amulet has been modeled with a flat underside and is pierced by tiny holes around the edges for attachment between 400 250 BC Late Period-early Greco-Roman Egyptian faience with pale green and blue glaze cm 4 3 5 3 0 5 accession number 48 1634 30032 Dikran Kelekian New York and Paris date and mode of acquisition unknown Henry Walters Baltimore 1927 mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters Jewelry - Ancient to Modern The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1979-1980 Objects of Adornment Five Thousand Years of Jewelry from the Walters Art Gallery Baltimore Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum New York; Chrysler Museum of Art Norfolk; Carnegie Museum of Art Pittsburgh; San Antonio Museum of Art San Antonio; Philbrook Museum of Art Tulsa; Honolulu Academy of Arts Honolulu; New Orleans Museum of Art New Orleans; Milwaukee Art Museum Milwaukee; Minneapolis Institute of Arts Minneapolis; Toledo Museum of Art Toledo; The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art Sarasota 1984-1987 Jewelry from the Walters Art Museum and the Zucker Family Collection The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1987 place of origin Egypt Walters Art Museum license Ancient Egyptian plaques in the Walters Art Museum Recumbent canine hieroglyph Anubis | ||||
