The Heh god is a kneeling man in profile holding two palm ribs over his head who wished his owner one million of years in the Other World1. Amulets of Heh are mostly in faience and precious metals. They were sporadically produced from the late Old Kingdom1 to the Roman Period2
Detail of a gold pectoral
Carnelian, lapis lazuli,
and turquoise
Approximate H 2.0
Middle kingdom, Dynasty 12
MET #16.1.3a
Yellow glaze with blue soldered suspension loops and the name of Amenhotep III
Top broken H. 2.7, W 2.5, T 0.3
New kingdom,
Late Dynasty 18
MET #26.7.1086
Blue glaze with green soldered suspension loops H 2.9, W 2.7,
T 0.2 Late Dynasty 18
2018 Musée du Louvre/ Antiquités égyptiennes
#E 18351
References
1Andrews C. Amulets of Ancient Egypt, 1994, pp. 88-89 and Figs. 4d, 69a
2Petrie W M F. Amulets, 1914, p. 19 and Figs. 59a-d