Egyptian Bronze Aegis of Hathor

Origin: Egypt Circa: Late Period to Ptolemaic Period, 664 BC to 30 BC Dimensions: 4.25" Height x 3" Width (11 cm x 7.75 cm) Medium: Bronze While the prototypical Hathor headed aegis featuring a female human face with cow horns is relatively common, examples such as this, depicting her in full cow form are much rarer. Here she strikes a majestic gaze, and features an inverted triangle incised on her forehead, while wearing a broad collar with stylized falcon-head terminals. She is presented wearing a striated wig falling behind her large bovine ears, and a fillet on her brow with horns framed by intricately incised double plumes. The headdress is fronted by a solar disk and adorned with two uraei. Upon the menat-shaped strut behind we find her name Hathor inscribed.