Carnelian amulet of foot
Carnelian amulet of foot.
Details
- ID
- MFAB_11.855
- Alternate IDs
- 11.855; MFAB_11.855
- Department
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
- Classification
- Jewelry & adornment-Amulets and pendants
- Period
- Old Kingdom
- Title
- Carnelian amulet of foot
- Medium
- Carnelian
- Dimensions
- Overall: 1.8 cm (11/16 in.)
- Credit Line
- Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Provenance
- Menkaure Valley Temple (MVT / between granary under room I 50 [Dynasty 4 level] and walls of I 50)
- Bibliography
- Reisner, George A. Mycerinus: The Temples of the Third Pyramid at Giza. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1931, p. 235.
- Notes
- This object was excavated by the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition, but was not recorded in any object register book. Excavated by the Harvard University–Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; 1911: assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Egypt. (Accession date: March 2, 1911)