Faience amulet of sow (?)
Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: street G 7000, G 7131, avenue G 2, avenue G 1, G I-a boat pit, G 7121
Faience amulet, object represented uncertain, [possibly sow or hedgehog]; green glaze, same both sides, base flat, bored at top.
Illustration: Yes.
Illustration scale: 1:1
Details
- ID
- HUMFA_24-11-774
- Alternate IDs
- 24-11-774; HUMFA_24-11-774
- Department
- Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Classification
- Jewelry & adornment-Amulets and pendants
- Period
- Late Period - Ptolemaic Period
- Entry Date
- 11/22/1924
- Title
- Faience amulet of sow (?)
- Medium
- Faience
- Dimensions
- Height: 1.4 cm Length: 1.7 cm Thickness: .85 cm
- Credit Line
- Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Provenance
- [Street G 7000], N of subsidiary pyramid G I-b, near mastaba G 7110-7120: G 7120
- Problems/Questions
- MFA accession number verified