This puzzling amulet1 represent two seated cat/lioness-headed and two falcon-headed deities. The latter, with tall plumes, might be Montu. Tjenenyet, an obscure lioness-headed goddess, was his wife2. Her cult rose briefly to some importance in the Theban region during the Ramesside Period and then faded away2
Green glazed steatite H 3.5, Ø 1.5
Duplicated deities are curiously not opposite but side by side
Third Intermediate Period?3
Private collection DA
References
1None, Unpublished amulet
2Wilkinson R H. The complete gods and goddesses of ancient Egypt, Thames & Hudson, 2003, p. 168
3For a parallel amulet of four deities with their backs against a square column see: Andrews C. Amulets of Ancient Egypt, 1994, Fig. 6a



