Animal amulets

Museum number:
6-10606
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.54/56/63/107
Description:
Amulets, faience, of frogs (2); hippo (1); animal heads (hippo?) (2).
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Tomb 954, Cemetery 700, Naga-ed-Der
Verbatim coll. place:
Cemetery 500; G954 Cemetery 500
Culture or time period:
5th Dynasty of Egypt (2494–2345 BC) and 6th Dynasty of Egypt (2345–2181 BC)
Collector:
George Andrew Reisner
Collection date:
1901-1903
Materials:
Faience (composite material)
Person depicted:
Taweret (Egyptian deity)
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Amulets
Department:
Ancient Egypt
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Animal amulets, accession number 6-10606, described as Amulets, faience, of frogs (2); hippo (1); animal heads (hippo?) (2).Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Animal amulets, accession number 6-10606, described as Amulets, faience, of frogs (2); hippo (1); animal heads (hippo?) (2).
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Animal amulets, accession number 6-10606, described as Amulets, faience, of frogs (2); hippo (1); animal heads (hippo?) (2).

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