Cowroid Seal-Amulet

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 back is decorated with incised lines that imitate a metal ring setting (see 36.3.48); the base is inscribed with a tilapia fish eating a plant.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 1492–1473 B.C.

Medium

Glazed steatite

Department

Egyptian Art

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1936