{"product_id":"egyptian-faience-mummy-bandage-four-sons-of-horus-amulets","title":"Egyptian Faience Amulets of the  Four Sons of Horus","description":"\u003cp\u003eThird Intermediate Period, 21st Dynasty, Circa 1077 to 943 BCE\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach shown mummiform and striding right, pierced through the head and feet for attachment. Such amulets protected the embalmed viscera during the journey to the afterlife where sets of four were attached to the outer linen shrouds or bead nets over the abdomen.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe have the falcon-headed \u003cstrong\u003eQebehsenuef\u003c\/strong\u003e, guardian of the intestines; \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ea jackal-headed \u003cstrong\u003eDuamutef\u003c\/strong\u003e, protected the stomach ;\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ea human-headed \u003cstrong\u003eImsety\u003c\/strong\u003e, the guardian of the liver;\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e and the baboon-headed \u003cstrong\u003eHapy\u003c\/strong\u003e, the protector of the lungs;\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach flat-backed plaque is decorated on the front with a manganese‑black painted lozenge “net” pattern over a blue‑green to sandy brown glaze, now worn with burial encrustation, surface pitting, and minor edge losses at the thread‑holes, originally having been sewn into the mummy bandages.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSizes 2-3\/4 inches (7cm) to 3 inches (7.6cm) Length. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eProvenance: From an old private collection in North Rhine-Westphalia Germany.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eComplete sets from the 21st Dynasty are rare in the marketplace!\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Art for Eternity","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53220339581242,"sku":"17345","price":5500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0775\/5120\/6714\/files\/17345lbl.jpg?v=1774650241","url":"https:\/\/howardnowes.com\/products\/egyptian-faience-mummy-bandage-four-sons-of-horus-amulets","provider":"Art for Eternity","version":"1.0","type":"link"}