This faience uraeus serpent amulet is upon a rectangular base with a loop on the back for suspension. The uraeus was the emblem of royalty. It also represented regeneration due to the shedding of its skin. This example is possibly from Abydos. The object was gifted to the University of Wales, Aberystwyth by John Bancroft Willans, a subscriber of the Egypt Exploration Fund/Society, who received the object in 1903. It was subsequently gifted to the Egypt Centre in 1997.

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