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Vulture Amulet

Late Period

664–332 B.C.

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 130

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Title: Vulture Amulet

Period: Late Period

Dynasty: Dynasty 26–30

Date: 664–332 B.C.

Geography: From Egypt

Medium: Syenite (?)

Dimensions: H. 2.5 × W. 1.3 cm (1 in. × 1/2 in.)

Credit Line: Gift of Helen Miller Gould, 1910

Accession Number: 10.130.2009

Chronology

Egypt, 1000 B.C.-1 A.D.

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