Attachment in the form of the head of a goddess wearing the double crown ca. 1070-664 B.C. Third Intermediate Period The attachment head of the goddess Mut, Amuns consort, wears a double crown. The crown is symbolic of a unified Egypt, and was perhaps worn by Mut as transferred from the concept of Amun as a 'national' god. The lower element of the crown, traditionally red, is here covered in gold leaf, as the Egyptians associated gold with red. The crowns traditionally white upper element is covered with electrum leaf, paler in hue and presumably intended to signify white.. Attachment in the form of the head of a goddess wearing the double crown. ca. 1070-664 B.C.. Leaded bronze, gold and electrum sheet on crown, Egyptian blue and glass inlays. Third Intermediate Period. From Egypt
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