Amulets

Museum number:
6-10466
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21060010466
Alternate number:
N505- (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.54/56/63/107
Description:
Amulets of: (A) ivory (vulture, etc.), (B) faience (hawk, hand, etc.) (C) alabaster hand, jackal head. (A) 5 bone amulets, (B) 12 faience amulets, (C), 2 calcite amulets.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Tomb 505, Cemetery 500, Naga-ed-Der
Verbatim coll. place:
Cemetery 500; G505 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:
Bone (material), Calcite, Faience (composite material), and Ivory (material)
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Amulets
Department:
Ancient Egypt
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Amulets, accession number 6-10466, described as Amulets of: (A) ivory (vulture, etc.), (B) faience (hawk, hand, etc.) (C) alabaster hand, jackal head. (A) 5 bone amulets, (B) 12 faience amulets, (C), 2 calcite amulets.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Amulets, accession number 6-10466, described as Amulets of: (A) ivory (vulture, etc.), (B) faience (hawk, hand, etc.) (C) alabaster hand, jackal head. (A) 5 bone amulets, (B) 12 faience amulets, (C), 2 calcite amulets.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Amulets, accession number 6-10466, described as Amulets of: (A) ivory (vulture, etc.), (B) faience (hawk, hand, etc.) (C) alabaster hand, jackal head. (A) 5 bone amulets, (B) 12 faience amulets, (C), 2 calcite amulets.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Amulets, accession number 6-10466, described as Amulets of: (A) ivory (vulture, etc.), (B) faience (hawk, hand, etc.) (C) alabaster hand, jackal head. (A) 5 bone amulets, (B) 12 faience amulets, (C), 2 calcite amulets.

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