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# Amulet

Cast copper alloy amulet pendant in the form of a standing human figure; the legs broken and missing. Both arms are bent at the elbow and raised, with the hands outstretched at shoulder height. The head is crowned with a small cap or topknot. The eyes are rendered as a dot-in-circle and the nose formed between them.

- **Kind:** artefact
- **Date:** 799–100 BCE
- **Place:** Kāpiśī (34.9800, 69.3000)

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Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.bm.iolc-5482](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.bm.iolc-5482) · Pramāṇa
