Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · jewelry
Amulet of Min Ptolemaic PeriodDeir el-Ballas
Description
Amulet, Min. Ptolemaic Period, 664–30 B.C. Cupreous alloy. H. 4.1 cm (1 5/8 in.); W. 1.2 cm 1/2 in.); D. 1 cm (3/8 in.). Probably from: Deir el-Ballas, Northern Upper Egypt. Credit: Gift of Albert M. Lythgoe, 1917.
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A machine reading of the photograph made Jul 2026: deities, names, signs and a description as the model saw them. Not curatorial; treat it as the model's best reading, not authority.
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