Amulet
| Object Number: | E3989 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Provenience: | Egypt Hiw |
| Locus: | Tomb W 22 |
| Period: | Middle Kingdom Twelfth Dynasty |
| Date Made: | 1938-1759 BCE |
| Early Date: | -1938 |
| Late Date: | -1759 |
| Section: | Egyptian |
| Materials: | Gold (uncertain) Electrum |
| Iconography: | Fish |
| Length: | 3.8 cm |
| Width: | 1.6 cm |
| Depth: | 1 cm |
| Credit Line: | Distribution from the Egypt Exploration Fund, William Flinders Petrie, 1899 |
| Other Number: | AES 762 - Other Number |
Description
Realistic pendant of a Nile fish. Two halves of the body are molded around a core and the fins and suspension loop were set into the core material. Details of the fish are chases into the metal.
Current & Past Exhibitions:
| Searching for Ancient Egypt: (1997 - 1997) | View Objects in Exhibition |
| Five Thousand Years of Vanity (06 Jan 1944 - 28 Feb 1944) | View Objects in Exhibition |
Bibliography:
| [Book] Dorling Kindersley Limited. 2014. History of the World in 1,000 Objects.. London. Dorling Kindersley Limited. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: 35 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Book] Silverman, David P. 1997. Searching for Ancient Egypt: Art, Architecture and Artifacts from the University of Pennsylvania Museum.. Cornell University Press. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: 236 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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