{"data": {"id": 149884, "accession_number": "1980.123", "share_license_status": "CC0", "tombstone": "Frog Amulet, c. 1380\u20131330 BCE. Egypt, New Kingdom (1540\u20131069 BCE), Dynasty 18. Polychrome faience; overall: 0.8 x 0.9 cm (5/16 x 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Cyril and Jessica Aldred, 1980.123", "current_location": "107 Egyptian", "title": "Frog Amulet", "creation_date": "c. 1380\u20131330 BCE", "creation_date_earliest": -1380, "creation_date_latest": -1330, "artists_tags": [], "culture": ["Egypt, New Kingdom (1540\u20131069 BCE), Dynasty 18"], "technique": "polychrome faience", "support_materials": [], "department": "Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art", "collection": "Egypt - New Kingdom", "type": "Amulets", "measurements": "Overall: 0.8 x 0.9 cm (5/16 x 3/8 in.)", "dimensions": {"overall": {"height": 0.008, "height_inch": 0, "height_inch_fraction": 0.3125, "width": 0.009, "width_inch": 0, "width_inch_fraction": 0.375, "length": 0.011, "length_inch": 0, "length_inch_fraction": 0.4375}}, "state_of_the_work": null, "edition_of_the_work": null, "copyright": null, "inscriptions": [{"inscription": "Inscribed \"Nefer\" (beautiful)", "inscription_translation": null, "inscription_remark": null, "sortorder": null}], "exhibitions": {"current": [{"id": 304521, "title": "Year in Review: 1980", "description": "<i>Year in Review: 1980</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (June 24-July 19, 1981).", "opening_date": "1981-06-24T04:00:00"}, {"id": 207517, "title": "Gifts of the Nile: Ancient Egyptian Faience", "description": "<i>Gifts of the Nile: Ancient Egyptian Faience</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (May 10-July 5, 1998); Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, RI (August 25, 1998-January 3, 1999); Kimbell Art Museum (January 31-April 25, 1999).", "opening_date": "1998-05-10T00:00:00"}], "legacy": [{"description": "CMA 1981a, no. 2; CMA 1982, no. 7 (entry by Arielle P. Kozloff); CMA/Providence/Fort Worth, no. 70 (entry by Arielle P. Kozloff)", "opening_date": "1981-01-01T00:00:00"}, {"description": "The Cleveland Museum of Art (5/10/98 - 7/5/98); Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design (8/25/98 - 1/3/99); Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth (1/31/99 - 4/25/99).  \"Gifts of the Nile:  Ancient Egyptian Faience,\" exh. cat. no. 70, color repr. p. 117; p. 208; repr. p. 208.", "opening_date": "1998-05-10T00:00:00"}]}, "provenance": [], "find_spot": null, "related_works": [], "former_accession_numbers": [], "did_you_know": "This frog amulet was made from faience, a fine type of self-glazing ceramic that is characteristically turquoise blue. It is a representation of Heqet, the frog goddess associated with childbirth and fertility.", "early_education_description": null, "artlens_description": null, "description": "The frog, because of its numerous offspring, was a symbol of fertility. In fact, the hieroglyphic sign for 100,000 was a tadpole. Frog amulets were very popular both in semiprecious stone and in faience, and were worn by women hoping for an easy delivery. Both sexes wore the frog in expectation of a successful rebirth in the afterlife.", "external_resources": {"wikidata": ["https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q60757147"], "internet_archive": ["https://archive.org/details/clevelandart-1980.123-frog-amulet"]}, "citations": [{"citation": "Cleveland Museum of Art, and Jenifer Neils. T<em>he World of Ceramics: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art.</em> Cleveland: The Museum in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1982.", "page_number": "Mentioned and reproduced: p. 6, fig. 7", "url": null}, {"citation": "Berman, Lawrence M., and Kenneth J. Boha\u010d.<em> Catalogue of Egyptian Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art.</em> Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1999.", "page_number": "Reproduced and Mentioned: p. 513, cat. no. 407", "url": null}], "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1980.123", "images": {"annotation": null, "web": {"url": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1980.123/1980.123_web.jpg", "width": "1116", "height": "893", "filesize": "462226", "filename": "1980.123_web.jpg"}, "print": {"url": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1980.123/1980.123_print.jpg", "width": "1805", "height": "1444", "filesize": "1279119", "filename": "1980.123_print.jpg"}, "full": {"url": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1980.123/1980.123_full.tif", "width": "1805", "height": "1444", "filesize": "7850116", "filename": "1980.123_full.tif"}}, "alternate_images": [{"web": {"url": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1980.123/1980.123_alt0_web.jpg", "width": "1263", "height": "865", "filesize": "506620"}, "print": {"url": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1980.123/1980.123_alt0_print.jpg", "width": "3176", "height": "2176", "filesize": "3171991"}, "full": {"url": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1980.123/1980.123_alt0_full.tif", "width": "3176", "height": "2176", "filesize": "20763072"}, "date_created": "2007-06-21T19:05:07", "annotation": ""}, {"web": {"url": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1980.123/1980.123_alt1_web.jpg", "width": "1116", "height": "893", "filesize": "444442"}, "print": {"url": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1980.123/1980.123_alt1_print.jpg", "width": "2469", "height": "1975", "filesize": "2183259"}, "full": {"url": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1980.123/1980.123_alt1_full.tif", "width": "2469", "height": "1975", "filesize": "14659312"}, "date_created": "2007-06-21T19:13:11", "annotation": ""}], "creditline": "Gift of Cyril and Jessica Aldred", "image_credit": null, "sketchfab_id": null, "sketchfab_url": null, "gallery_donor_text": null, "athena_id": 149884, "creators": [], "legal_status": "accessioned", "accession_date": "1980-09-09T00:00:00", "sortable_date": -1380, "date_added_to_oa": null, "date_text": "c. 1380\u20131330 BCE", "collapse_artists": false, "on_loan": false, "recently_acquired": false, "record_type": "object", "conservation_statement": null, "has_conservation_images": false, "cover_accession_number": null, "is_nazi_era_provenance": false, "impression": null, "alternate_titles": [], "is_highlight": false, "updated_at": "2026-05-29 07:43:47.322000"}}