Steatite writing tablet amulet
[Writing] tablet amulets: steatite with incised lines.
Illustration: Yes.
Illustration scale: 1:1
Details
- ID
- EMC_JE_56991
- Alternate IDs
- EMC_JE_56991; JE_56991; HUMFA_29-11-336; 29-11-336; EMC_SR_7/5198; SR_7/5198
- Department
- Egyptian Museum, Cairo
- Classification
- Jewelry & adornment-Amulets and pendants
- Entry Date
- 11/24/1929
- Title
- Steatite writing tablet amulet
- Medium
- Steatite or limestone
- Dimensions
- Height: Steatite: 1.9 cm
- Credit Line
- Egyptian Museum, Cairo
- Provenance
- Pit G 7757 A, room V
- Notes
- Three such amulets originally registered as HUMFA_29-11-336; two (one plain, one with incised lines) in collection of Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFAB_29.2662); one (with incised lines) in collection of Egyptian Museum, Cairo (EMC_JE_56991).
- Problems/Questions
- MFA accession number verified