Amulet

Museum number:
6-1277a,b
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.54
Description:
Amulets of blue faience: 2 Horus, +/- 7 udats, etc; 1 piece of metal a) Faience amulets (20+) b) Metal fragment.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Tomb 1536 (36), Cemetery 1500, Naga-ed-Der
Verbatim coll. place:
Cemetery 1500; Tomb 36 Cemetery 1500
Culture or time period:
1st Dynasty of Egypt (ca. 3000–2890 BC)
Collector:
George Andrew Reisner
Collection date:
1901
Materials:
Faience (composite material)
Person depicted:
Horus (Egyptian deity) and Taweret (Egyptian deity)
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Amulets
Accession date:
October 8, 1902
Department:
Ancient Egypt
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Amulet, accession number 6-1277a,b, described as Amulets of blue faience: 2 Horus, +/- 7 udats, etc; 1 piece of metal a) Faience amulets (20+) b) Metal fragment.

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