Amulet Plaque

Unknown

664–30 B.C. · Gold · Egyptian Art

Thirty-two amuletic images are chased into this nearly rectangular piece of gold sheet. Two holes at its top corners may have been intended for a string, possibly used to place the object around the neck of a deceased person. Small individual gold amulets with the depiction of an object or a deity are numerous and were often made out of stamped gold foil and placed on Late Period and Ptolemaic mummies. However, relatively large golden amulet plaques with multiple images, such as this piece, are very rare. For more information, please see the curatorial interpretation below.

Artist

Unknown

Date

664–30 B.C.

Medium

Gold

Department

Egyptian Art

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1924