The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Lion amulet

Lion amulet

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Lion amulet

Period:: Old Kingdom–First Intermediate Period
Dynasty:: Dynasty 8–11
Date:: ca. 2110–2030 B.C.
Geography:: Country of Origin Egypt
Medium:: Ivory
Credit Line:: Rogers Fund, 1965
Accession Number:: 65.46.10

This artwork is not on display

Provenance

Purchased by the Museum from Michel Abemayor, New York, 1965.
See also
What
Bone (6,328)

Ivory (5,389)

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

Egypt (29,889)
When
8000-2000 B.C. (3,791)
In the Museum
Egyptian Art (26,254)
Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
Egypt, 8000–2000 B.C.

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