Necklace consisting of Taweret amulets

Classification

necklace ; amulet

Culture

Egyptian (culture)

Dimensions

length: 29 cm; height of figures: 1.5 cm; width of figures: 0.7 cm; depth of figures: 0.3 cm; weight: 0.95 gram

Date

New Kingdom or Ptolemaic Period (1550–1069 or 4th–3rd century B.C.)

Period

Ptolemaic dynasty (323–30)?; New Kingdom (1550–1069)?

Material

gold leaf

Iconography

Thoeris

Production place

Egypt

Present location

Budapest, Museum of Fine Arts, Collection of Egyptian Art

Inventory

51.2519

ID

Hyp-1849

References

Kóthay–Liptay, Egyiptomi Gyűjtemény, 68; Nagy, I., Egyiptomi Gyűjtemény, 92–93; Nagy, I., Egyptian Collection, 93–95; Kóthay–Liptay, Egyptian Artefacts, 72