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Female sphinx amulet Middle Kingdom

Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access), acc. 2012.237.3. Public domain (CC0). Copy archived by egyptianinscriptions.org with attribution; original at the holding institution.

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Accession: 2012.237.3
Period: Middle Kingdom
Date: ca. 2030–1640 B.C.
Date range: 2030 BCE – 1640 BCE
Materials: ['amethyst']
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
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Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access), Female sphinx amulet (2012.237.3). Egyptian Inscriptions Database. https://egyptianinscriptions.org/object/217689

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Amulet, female sphinx. Middle Kingdom, ca. 2030–1640 B.C. Amethyst. H. 1.7 cm (11/16 in.). From: Egypt. Subject: Sphinx. Credit: Gift of Joan B. Robbins, 2012.

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Materials Amethyst

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