Amulet of a cat
FindspotNaukratis, Egypt
Medium/TechniqueIvory
DimensionsOther: 2.4 cm (15/16 in.)
Credit LineEgypt Exploration Fund by subscription
Accession number86.221
On View
Not on viewClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
ProvenanceFrom Naukratis. 1885: excavated by William Matthew Flinders Petrie for the Egypt Exploration Fund, assigned to the EEF by the Egyptian government; October 28, 1885: voted to the MFA at EEF general meeting; sent over February 1886. (Accession Date: January 1, 1886)
1550–1295 B.C.
Badarian to Naqada III, 4500–2960 B.C.
2nd–1st century B.C.
332–50 B.C.
30 B.C.–A.D. 364
2960–2770 B.C.
2926–2880 B.C.