An Egyptian Faience Amulet of a Hare, Late Period, Dynasty 26, ca. 664 - 525 BCE table Provenance: Excavated at Lisht north

Provenance:  Excavated at Lisht north cemetery

Eye of Horus (wedjat-eye) amulet

Material: ABS + EPS

- Ankle height

An Egyptian Faience Amulet of a Hare, Late Period, Dynasty 26, ca. 664 - 525 BCE table Provenance: Excavated at Lisht northMost popular in the Late Period, hare amulets were made exclusively of green glazed composition with a suspension loop on the spine supporting the long erect ears. The hare was a desert dweller and thereby credited with powers of regeneration, but its swiftness of movement and the keenness of its senses were also well known; it was even believed to sleep with its eyes open. Its fecundity, of course, was proverbial. Thus a hare amulet could be worn in