Skip to main content

Amulet of a crown of Lower Egypt

525–343 B.C.
Medium/TechniqueBlue faience
DimensionsHeight: 1.6 cm (5/8 in.)
Credit LineHay Collection—Gift of C. Granville Way
Accession number72.2489
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
ProvenanceBy 1836: Robert Hay Collection, Linplum, Scotland; 1863: to his son, Robert James Alexander Hay; 1868-1872: Way Collection, Boston (purchased by Samuel A. Way through London dealers Rollin and Feuardent, 27 Haymarket); 1872: given to the MFA by Samuel's son, C. Granville Way.
(Accession Date: June 28, 1872)
284 B.C.–A.D. 275
Various beads
about 1700–1550 B.C.
Various beads
about 1700–1550 B.C.
Pectoral
1070–945 B.C.
Funerary scarab
664–332 B.C.
Beads
2040–1783 B.C.
2040–1783 B.C.