Steatite and stone writing tablet amulets
[Two] [writing] tablet amulets: [one] steatite with incised lines, one plain in hard stone. Illustration: Yes. Illustration scale: 1:1
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- ID
- MFAB_29.2662
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- Department
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
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- Classification
- Jewelry & adornment-Amulets and pendants
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- Findspot
- Pit G 7757 A, room V
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- Material
- Steatite, stone
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- Dimensions
- Height: Steatite: 2.1 cm; Hard Stone: 2.3 cm
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- Credit Line
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
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- Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts excavation number
- HUMFA_29-11-336
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- Object Ownership Information
- MFA accession number: 29.2662
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- Date of Register Entry
- 11/24/1929
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- 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).
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- Problems/Questions
- MFA accession number verified
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- Site Name Eastern Cemetery