The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Hare amulet

Hare amulet

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Hare amulet

Period:: Late Period
Dynasty:: Dynasty 26–29
Date:: 664–332 B.C.
Geography:: Country of Origin Egypt
Medium:: Faience, greenish blue
Dimensions:: L. 2.5 cm (1 in), H. 1.6 cm (5/8 in)
Credit Line:: Gift of Darius Ogden Mills, 1904
Accession Number:: 04.2.89

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Provenance

Collection of Judge Elbert E. Farman, formed when he was U.S. consul general in Egypt 1876–84. Donated to the museum by Darius Ogden Mills, New York, in 1904.
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What
Faience (11,698)

Amulets (2,475)
Where
Africa (33,501)

Egypt (29,889)
When
1000 B.C.-A.D. 1 (23,148)
In the Museum
Egyptian Art (26,254)
Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
Egypt, 1000 B.C.–1 A.D.

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