Digital Giza | Fragment of faience amulet of Isis

Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Menkaure pyramid temple

Fragment of faience amulet of female deity wearing horns and solar disk (Isis), head only; dark blue glaze; broken at neck.

ID

MFAB_11.999
Department

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Classification

Jewelry & adornment-Amulets and pendants
Findspot

Menkaure Pyramid Temple ([MPT] GMT / room J1 = pillared hall 27 / Lot a)
Material

Faience
Dimensions

Height x Width: 1.2 x 0.4 cm (1/2 x 3/16 in.)
Credit Line

Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Object Ownership Information

MFA
Period

Greco-Roman Period, Roman Imperial
Date of Register Entry

30 B.C. – A.D. 364
Notes

This object was excavated by the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition, but was not recorded in any object register book. 1907: Excavated by the Harvard University–Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; 1911: assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Egypt. (Accession date: March 2, 1911)

Fragment of faience amulet of Isis