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Jun 5, 2013

Seal Amulet

2300–2124 BC

Egypt, Old Kingdom (2647–2124 BCE), Dynasties 5–6

Bone

Diameter: 2.4 cm (15/16 in.)

Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust 1914.682

Location

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Provenance

Purchased in Egypt by Lucy Olcott Perkins through Henry W. Kent

Citations

Petrie, W. M. Flinders. Buttons and Design Scarabs Illustrated by the Egyptian Collection in University College, London. London: British school of archaeology in Egypt, 1925. no. 96 archive.org

Wiese, André. Die Anfänge der ägyptischen Stempelsiegel-Amulette: eine typologische und religionsgeschichtliche Untersuchung zu den "Knopfsiegeln" und verwandten Objekten der 6. bis frühen 12. Dynastie. Freiburg, Schweiz: Universitätsverlag, 1996. pl. 1, no. 2 www.zora.uzh.ch

Berman, Lawrence M., and Kenneth J. Bohač. Catalogue of Egyptian Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1999 Reproduced: p. 150; Mentioned: p. 150

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Seal Amulet

Seal Amulet

Egypt, Old Kingdom (2647–2124 BCE), Dynasties 5–6

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