Copper Amun-Ra in a Portable Naos, c. 800–600 B.C.
▫ This intricately worked amulet takes the form of a miniature naos (a sacred shrine) designed to be worn, revered, and pressed into service as a seal. Within sits a removable figure of Amun-Ra, enthroned and crowned with tall double plumes, once holding a now-lost emblem of power.
Hieroglyphs identify the shrine as a royal donation to Amun-Ra by King Thutemhat, while the base bears the phrase Domain of Amun (“pr Imn”) allowing the object to double as a stamp-seal.
Now at the British Museum. EA11015















