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Amulet, Ptah

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Amulet, Ptah

Period:: Late Period–Ptolemaic Period
Date:: 664–30 B.C.
Geography:: Country of Origin Egypt
Medium:: Bronze or copper alloy
Credit Line:: Rogers Fund, 1944
Accession Number:: 44.4.32

This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 134

Provenance

J. Pierpont Morgan Collection, acquired by him from Maurice Nahman, Cairo, before 1913. Acquired by the Museum from the Estate of J. P. Morgan, 1944.
See also
What
Metal (59,364)

Copper alloy (16,630)

Bronze (11,628)

Copper (6,255)

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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