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CIVILIZATION | Egyptian |
PERIOD | Late Period |
DATE | 26th-30th Dynasty, 688-343 B.C. |
MATERIAL | Bronze |
MOUNTED | No |
Of naturalistic form, with frontal and rear flippers, elongated and raised head, bulging eyes, and sunk-in dotted back. Pierced through it's back vertically with traces of an iron pin, and a fragmented suspension extension at the rear.
Sacred to Heqat, the goddess of fertility and regeneration, represented in the form of a frog. Heqat was a protector of women in childbirth.
cf. Andrews, C.; Amulets of ancient Egypt, no. 28h, for a frog examples cast in diorite.
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CATEGORY | Egyptian |
PERIOD | Late Period |
DATE | 26th-30th Dynasty, 688-343 B.C. |
MATERIAL | Bronze |
MOUNTED | No |