Faience Bes amulet and faience udjat (eye of Horus) amulet
One faience Bes amulet, and one udjat (eye of Horus) amulet. [07-2-43]
Details
- ID
- HUMFA_07-2-43d
- Alternate IDs
- HUMFA_07-2-43d; 07-2-43d
- Department
- Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Classification
- Jewelry & adornment-Amulets and pendants
- Period
- Greco-Roman, Roman Imperial
- Entry Date
- 30 B.C. – A.D. 364
- Title
- Faience Bes amulet and faience udjat (eye of Horus) amulet
- Medium
- Faience
- Dimensions
- Overall: 2.1 x 0.8 cm (13/16 x 5/16 in.) Overall: 1.1 x 0.7 cm (7/16 x 1/4 in.)
- Credit Line
- Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Provenance
- Menkaura Pyramid Temple ([MPT] GMT / room J1 = pillared hall 27 / near mummy 52)
- Bibliography
- Reisner, George A. Mycerinus: The Temples of the Third Pyramid at Giza. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1931, p. 260.
- 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; assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Egypt.
- Remarks
- Registration number obtained from publication; no registration records available for 1907.