Cowroid

Unknown

ca. 1492–1473 B.C. · Glazed steatite · Egyptian Art

This cowrie-shaped seal-amulet was found with twenty-three scarabs and seal-amulets in the coffin of a young woman who was buried in Hatnefer's tomb (see 36.3.1 and 36.3 26). The base is not inscribed.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 1492–1473 B.C.

Medium

Glazed steatite

Department

Egyptian Art

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1936