Hyena (?) amulet

Ptolemaic or Roman Period

200 BC–200 AD

Not on view

This is one of a small group of animals carved in semiprecious stones from the Davis Collection that share share a general liveliness and more Hellenistic than Egyptian style. Alongside subjects that are familiar in Egyptian iconography such as a baboon and ducks, are others like a goat, dolphins, rhinoceros, galloping horse, and reclining hound that are more at home in the Greco-Roman sphere.

Artwork Details

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Provenance

Title: Hyena (?) amulet
Period: Ptolemaic or Roman Period
Date: 200 BC–200 AD
Geography: From Egypt
Medium: Carnelian
Dimensions: h. 1.5 cm (9/16 in.)
Credit Line: Theodore M. Davis Collection, Bequest of Theodore M. Davis, 1915
Object Number: 30.8.367
Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art

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