Reproduction
Object Category
amulets, beads
Description
Amber amulet, pierced longitudinally. Identified as in the shape of Taweret, with "minimal detail of anatomy and crocodile", but more probably a wedjat eye.
Collector
William Matthew Flinders Petrie
Publications
- Petrie, William Matthew Flinders, Amulets, cf. pl. XL, 236j
Production Period
Late Dynasty 18
Material
amber
Dimensions
length: 2.4 cms
width: 1.7 cms
thickness: 1.1 cms
Accession Number
LDUCE-UC68089
Administration Name
Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology