An Egyptian Faience Red Crown Amulet, Late Period, ca. 664 - 332 BCE Gemstones thereafter private Virginia collection

thereafter private Virginia collection

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Background: The Tang sculptors’ careful attention to fashion and physiognomy details allows us to trace in their works the changing fashions of ladies at court during this period

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Oxford: The Clareon Press (1971)

An Egyptian Faience Red Crown Amulet, Late Period, ca. 664 - 332 BCE Gemstones thereafter private Virginia collectionThe Red Crown, worn by Narmer as king of conquered Lower Egypt (the delta), first appears in amuletic form as early as the First Intermediate Period. Its characteristic shape is a low cylinder with a tall spike at the back and an uncurling spiral projecting at the front. Called in Egyptian dsrt (deshret) 'Red One' (but also 'Great One', like the White Crown), the Red Crown was probably made from red dyed linen or leather over a frame. Its coloring was