Seven Amulets on a String of Beads

New Kingdom
ca. 1390–1352 B.C.
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 120
These amulets were found together in a pot that was in the same house as the Menat necklace 11.215.450. They were strung together with the small blue beads to keep them together.

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Object Information
  • Title: Seven Amulets on a String of Beads
  • Period: New Kingdom
  • Dynasty: Dynasty 18
  • Reign: reign of Amenhotep III
  • Date: ca. 1390–1352 B.C.
  • Geography: From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Malqata, Private House B, MMA excavations, 1910–11
  • Medium: Faience
  • Dimensions: L. of strand 19.5 cm (7 1/2 in.); L of crocodile amulet 3 cm (1 3/16 in.)
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1911
  • Object Number: 11.215.215
  • Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art

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