Faience Heh amulet
Small faience [Heh] amulet (cf. 28-3-9, but smaller); faded green glaze; broken in half.
Illustration: Yes.
Illustration scale: 1:1
Details
- ID
- HUMFA_28-3-11
- Alternate IDs
- 28-3-11; HUMFA_28-3-11
- Department
- Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Classification
- Jewelry & adornment-Amulets and pendants
- Entry Date
- 03/14/1928
- Title
- Faience Heh amulet
- Medium
- Faience
- Dimensions
- Width: .9 cm Length: 1.3 cm
- Credit Line
- Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Provenance
- G 7691 A, debris of grave
- Remarks
- Original identification as "Roman" grave changed in red pencil to read "Late Dynasty VI (G.A.R.)"; "original grave was OK over which a Ptolemaic grave had been made" (G.A.R.); "all these amulets [presumably 28-3-1 through 28-3-11] are of characteristic Dynasty 5 design".
- Problems/Questions
- MFA accession number verified