Amulet in the Form of a Heart
Brooklyn Museum photograph
Object Label
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.
Caption
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). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 08.480.212. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
Title
Amulet in the Form of a Heart
Date
ca. 664–30 B.C.E.
Period
Late Period to Ptolemaic Period
Geography
Reportedly from: Thebes (Deir el-Bahri), Egypt
Medium
Sheet gold
Classification
Dimensions
13/16 x 5/8 in. (2.1 x 1.6 cm)
Credit Line
Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund
Accession Number
08.480.212
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