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Shu amulet Late PeriodSheikh Abd el-Qurna

Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access), acc. 28.3.159. Public domain (CC0). Copy archived by egyptianinscriptions.org with attribution; original at the holding institution.

Accession: 28.3.159
Find spot: Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt approx. site location
Period: Late Period
Dynasty: Dynasty 25–30
Date: ca. 712–332 B.C.
Date range: 712 BCE – 332 BCE
Materials: ['blue faience']
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
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Amulet, Shu. Late Period, Dynasty 25–30, ca. 712–332 B.C. Blue Faience. H. 2 × W. 1.1 × Th. 0.5 cm (13/16 × 7/16 × 3/16 in.). From: Tomb of Dagi (MMA 807), Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Excavation: MMA excavations. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1928.

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