The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Amulets and string of beads

Amulets and string of beads

Period:: New Kingdom
Dynasty:: Dynasty 18
Reign:: reign of Amenhotep III
Date:: ca. 1390–1353 B.C.
Geography:: Country of Origin Egypt, Upper Egypt; Thebes, Malqata, Birket Habu Mound B 1, House B, in bag, MMA 1910–1911
Medium:: Faience, glazed steatite
Dimensions:: L. 85 cm (33 7/16 in)
Credit Line:: Rogers Fund, 1911
Accession Number:: 11.215.216

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Description

This necklace of amulets was found in the same deposit with 11.215.217 and 11.215.450.
Provenance

Museum excavations, 1910–11. Acquired by the Museum in the Division of Finds, 1911.
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What
Costume (41,678)

Sculpture (24,350)

Faience (11,698)

Jewelry (7,519)

Scarabs (3,371)

Glazing (3,020)

Amulets (2,475)

Talc (2,040)

Steatite (2,030)

Necklaces (1,381)
Where
Africa (33,501)

Egypt (29,889)

Upper Egypt (13,662)

Thebes (10,570)
When
2000-1000 B.C. (18,709)
In the Museum
Egyptian Art (26,254)
Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
Egypt, 2000–1000 B.C.