Faience amulet of baboon
Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: street G 7100, street G 7000, street G 7200, avenue G 2, G 7101, avenue G 0, street G 7500, G 7633, G 7430-7440, G 7810
Small faience [amulet] of seated [baboon]; green glaze, hole bored through head, another hole bored in base upwards for a length of 2 - 3.5 cm.
Illustration: Yes.
Illustration scale: 1:2
Details
- ID
- HUMFA_24-11-152
- Alternate IDs
- 24-11-152; HUMFA_24-11-152
- Department
- Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Classification
- Jewelry & adornment-Amulets and pendants
- Period
- Late Period, Dynasty 25 - Dynasty 30
- Entry Date
- 11/06/1924
- Title
- Faience amulet of baboon
- Medium
- Faience
- Dimensions
- Height: 5.1 cm Width: 2.85 cm Thickness: 2.1 cm
- Credit Line
- Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Provenance
- [Street G 7000], debris E of subsidiary pyramid G I-b
- Problems/Questions
- MFA accession number verified