Steatite writing tablet amulet
[Writing] tablet amulets: steatite with incised lines. Illustration: Yes. Illustration scale: 1:1
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- ID
- EMC_JE_56991
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- Department
- Egyptian Museum, Cairo
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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 or limestone
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- Dimensions
- Height: Steatite: 1.9 cm
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- Credit Line
- Egyptian Museum, Cairo
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- Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts excavation number
- HUMFA_29-11-336
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- Cairo Special Register number
- EMC_SR_7/5198
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- Date of Register Entry
- 11/24/1929
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- Object owned by
- Egyptian Museum, Cairo
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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
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- Type Object owned by