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Faience amulet

Object register page:

Blue faience amulet; coarse work. Photograph: yes.

Details

  • ID
    EMC_JE_53838
  • Department
    Egyptian Museum, Cairo
  • Classification
    Jewelry & adornment-Amulets and pendants
  • Findspot
    Giza
  • Material
    Blue faience
  • Dimensions
    H 1.5 cm
  • Credit Line
    Egyptian Museum, Cairo
  • Cairo Special Register number
    EMC_SR_7/3076
  • Excavator
    George Andrew Reisner, American, 1867–1942
  • Object owned by
    Egyptian Museum, Cairo
  • Notes
    From excavations of George Reisner, 1929. There seems to have been confusion about this object: it is listed in the JE as being HUMFA_29-3-320, but according to the Reisner expedition records this number belongs to a fragment of an alabaster sacred oils tablet. Likewise, the Reisner expedition object register entry for HUMFA_29-3-320 notes that it is EMC_JE_53838, but the JE lists this number as a faience amulet. It is unclear what the correct correspondence is between HUMFA field numbers and JE numbers.
  • Remarks
    RELATED MEDIA: EMC_JE_XI_Sp178-179LR; RELATED CONSTITUENT(S): George Reisner

People 1

Modern People

  • George Andrew Reisner

    • Type Excavator
    • Nationality & Dates American, 1867–1942
    • Remarks Egyptologist, archaeologist; Referred to as "the doctor" and "mudir" (Arabic for "director") in the excavation records. Nationality and life dates from Who was Who in Egyptology.

Institutions 1