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Lapis-lazuli

1550–1070 B.C.
FindspotZawyet el-Aryan, Egypt
Medium/TechniqueLapis lazuli
DimensionsLegacy dimension: .010 x .009
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number11.2629
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsSeals
ProvenanceFrom Zawyet el-Aryan. 1911: excavated by the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Egypt.


Cylinder seal
2900–2334 B.C.
Cylinder seal
2900–2334 B.C.
Cylinder seal
2900–2334 B.C.
Amulet of Maat
959–332 B.C.
Group shot:  47.1699, 47.1700, 47.1701
2575–2528 B.C.
Group shot: 47.1700, 52.1837
2575–2528 B.C.
Bracelet fragments
2625–2500 B.C.
Horus falcon
525–404 B.C., or later