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accession number: 1914.687
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Seal Amulet, 2311–2140 BCE. Egypt, Old Kingdom (2647–2124 BCE), Dynasty 6. Glazed steatite; diameter: 2 cm (13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust 1914.687
title: Seal Amulet
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creation date: 2311–2140 BCE
creation date earliest: -2311
creation date latest: -2140
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creditline: Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust
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culture: Egypt, Old Kingdom (2647–2124 BCE), Dynasty 6
technique: glazed steatite
department: Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art
collection: Egypt - Old Kingdom
type: Amulets
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measurements: Diameter: 2 cm (13/16 in.)
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PROVENANCE
Purchased in Egypt by Lucy Olcott Perkins through Henry W. Kent
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CITATIONS
Petrie, W. M. Flinders. Buttons and Design Scarabs Illustrated by the Egyptian Collection in University College, London. London: British school of archaeology in Egypt, 1925.
page number: no. 412
url: https://archive.org/details/ERA38/page/n29/mode/2up?q=300.14
Wiese, André. Die Anfänge der ägyptischen Stempelsiegel-Amulette: eine typologische und religionsgeschichtliche Untersuchung zu den "Knopfsiegeln" und verwandten Objekten der 6. bis frühen 12. Dynastie. Freiburg, Schweiz: Universitätsverlag, 1996.
page number: pl. 20, no. 412
url: https://www.zora.uzh.ch/id/eprint/151989/1/Wiese_1996_Die_Anfaenge_der_aegyptischen_Stempelsiegel_Amulette.pdf
Berman, Lawrence M., and Kenneth J. Bohač. Catalogue of Egyptian Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1999
page number: Reproduced: p. 151; Mentioned: p. 151
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