Hathor head

Oct 16, 2026 | Amulets of goddesses, gods, and sacred animals, Human-form goddesses

Hathor head - Lapis lazuli, gold

From Dynasty 18 when Hathor had totally subsumed the oldest goddess Bat, appeared amulets of Hathor heads1, mostly in anthropomorphic form with cow ears

Hathor head - Lapis lazuli, gold

Lapis lazuli, gold
and travertine
H 1.2, W 1.4, T 0.2
Late New Kingdom-
Third Intermediate
Period2
MET #2012.178

Hathor head - Faded green enameled

Faded green enameled
steatite
H 1.6, W 1.7, T 0.8
Undated
© 2012 Musée du Louvre/
Antiquités égyptiennes
#E 18754

Hathor head - Green stone, flat back

Green stone, flat back
H 2.1, W 1.5 Undated
© 2012 Musée du Louvre/
Christian Décamps
#Salt 2196

References

1Andrews C. Amulets of Ancient Egypt, 1994, p. 20 and Fig. 15e
2None, Unpublished amulet