Faience amulet of Isis and Horus
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] of Isis seated on throne suckling Horus; green glaze; once had hole for suspension on top of head, now broken.
Illustration: Yes.
Illustration scale: 1:1
Details
- ID
- HUMFA_24-11-702
- Alternate IDs
- HUMFA_24-11-702; 24-11-702
- Department
- Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Classification
- Jewelry & adornment-Amulets and pendants
- Period
- Late Period
- Entry Date
- 11/20/1924
- Title
- Faience amulet of Isis and Horus
- Medium
- Faience
- Dimensions
- Height: 2.95 cm Width: 1.3 cm Thickness: 1.85 cm
- Credit Line
- Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Provenance
- [Avenue G 1], debris from [boat pit] [N] of subsidiary pyramid G I-b (G I-a boat pit)
- Remarks
- Provenance originally recorded in OR incorrect; boat pit N of subsidiary pyramid G I-b, thus S of subsidiary pyramid G I-a (G I-a boat pit), was excavated end of November 1924
- Problems/Questions
- MFA accession number verified