An Egyptian Neith Shuttle Amulet, Late Period, ca. 664 -332 BCE Jewelry - Rings 2010 Contemporary Traditions

2010 Contemporary Traditions

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Condition: The plaque is intact and in very good condition overall

An Egyptian Neith Shuttle Amulet, Late Period, ca. 664 -332 BCE Jewelry - Rings 2010 Contemporary TraditionsThis figure of eight object, perhaps a shield, with two arrows crossed behind it. The fetish of Neith as amulet, however, which does not occur before the Twenty sixty Dynasty, represents two bows tied together, a version which had long since ousted the original fetish in most other sources. Often there is a total lack of internal detail, the outline reduced to two fishtail ends and two long convex sides. Since Neith was one of the four goddesses who