Steatite and stone writing tablet amulets
[Two] [writing] tablet amulets: [one] steatite with incised lines, one plain in hard stone.
Illustration: Yes.
Illustration scale: 1:1
Details
- ID
- MFAB_29.2662
- Alternate IDs
- MFAB_29.2662; 29.2662; HUMFA_29-11-336; 29-11-336
- Department
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
- Classification
- Jewelry & adornment-Amulets and pendants
- Entry Date
- 11/24/1929
- Title
- Steatite and stone writing tablet amulets
- Medium
- Steatite, stone
- Dimensions
- Height: Steatite: 2.1 cm; Hard Stone: 2.3 cm
- Credit Line
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
- Provenance
- Pit G 7757 A, room V
- Notes
- Three such amulets originally registered as HUMFA_29-11-336; two (one plain, one with incised lines) in collection of Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFAB_29.2662); one (with incised lines) in collection of Egyptian Museum, Cairo (EMC_JE_56991).
- Problems/Questions
- MFA accession number verified