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Seal amulet with a carved feline on the back and protective hieroglyphs on the base
Seal amulet with a carved feline on the back and protective hieroglyphs on the base

Seal amulet with a carved feline on the back and protective hieroglyphs on the base

1550–1070 B.C.
Medium/TechniqueSteatite
DimensionsLength: 1.3 cm (1/2 in.)
Credit LineHay Collection—Gift of C. Granville Way
Accession number72.2535
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsSeals
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)