A triad amulet from Tel Azekah

This article presents a highly unusual enstatite amulet discovered at Tel Azekah in 2015. It depicts two gods and a goddess, identified as the Egyptian deities Re-Horakhte, Seth and Hathor/Wadjet on the basis of their iconography and the inscription on the rear of the amulet. Though it lacks a secur...

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Authors: Sweeney, Deborah (Author) ; Herrmann, Christian 1957- (Author) ; Ḳokh, ʿIdo 1981- (Author) ; Gadot, Yuval 1967- (Author) ; Oeming, Manfred 1955- (Author) ; Lipshits, ʿOded 1963- (Author)
Format: Print Article
Language:English
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Published: Soc. 2018
In: Israel exploration journal
Year: 2018, Volume: 68, Issue: 2, Pages: 129-149
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Epigraphy / Amulet / Aseka / Egypt (Antiquity) / Gods / Ramses II Egypt, Pharao 1290 BC-1223 BC
IxTheo Classification:HH Archaeology
TB Antiquity
Parallel Edition:Electronic
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Summary:This article presents a highly unusual enstatite amulet discovered at Tel Azekah in 2015. It depicts two gods and a goddess, identified as the Egyptian deities Re-Horakhte, Seth and Hathor/Wadjet on the basis of their iconography and the inscription on the rear of the amulet. Though it lacks a secure archaeological context, we claim that it should be assigned to the Ramesside period on the basis of the deities depicted and mentioned in the inscription. The amulet is another indicator of the flourishing contacts between Azekah and Egypt during the twelfth century BCE.
ISSN:0021-2059
Contains:Enthalten in: Israel exploration journal