Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art · jewelry

Amulet in the Form of Long-Nosed Baboon Middle KingdomQantir, Egypt

Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art, acc. 66.171.2. Public domain (CC0). Copy archived by egyptianinscriptions.org with attribution; original at the holding institution.

Accession: 66.171.2
Find spot: Qantir, Egypt, Egypt approx. site location
Period: Middle Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 12 to early Dynasty 13
Date: ca. 1938–1700 B.C.E.
Date range: 1938 BCE – 1700 BCE
Materials: ['Amethyst']
Height: 2.0 cm
Width: 2.3 cm
Repository: Brooklyn Museum
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Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art, Amulet in the Form of Long-Nosed Baboon (66.171.2). Egyptian Inscriptions Database. https://egyptianinscriptions.org/object/32523

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Caption: Amulet in the Form of Long-Nosed Baboon, ca. 1938–1700 B.C.E.. Amethyst, 13/16 x 7/8 x 1 7/8 in. (2 x 2.3 x 4.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 66.171.2. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

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Found at Qantir (Piramesse)

Cross-references (2)

BKM-Accession 66.171.2 tier-2
BKM-Object 3750 tier-2

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