Amulet of seated Sekhmet
664–332 B.C.
FindspotGiza, Egypt
Medium/TechniqueBlue faience
DimensionsOverall: 0.5 x 1.2cm (3/16 x 1/2in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number11.797
On View
Not on viewClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
ProvenanceFrom Giza, Menkaura Pyramid Temple, communal burial in room J1 (=pillared hall 27), associated with mummy 47. 1907: 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.
(Accession date: March 2, 1911)
(Accession date: March 2, 1911)
284 B.C.–A.D. 275
about 1700–1550 B.C.
about 1700–1550 B.C.
525–343 B.C.
1070–945 B.C.
664–332 B.C.
2040–1783 B.C.
2040–1783 B.C.