Courtesy of National Museums Liverpool, World Museum
Full Moon and Half Moon Amulet
1352 BC - 1336 BC (Dynasty 18: Reign of Akhenaten)
56.20.627.23
Information
Blue glazed full moon and half moon amulet. Loop on top, glaze is worn.
Glued to card by Flaxman Spurrell with other amulets and beads excavated by Flinders Petrie at Tell el Amarna in 1892 to illustrate jewellery types. Annotated in red "TELL EL AMARNA. D.XVIII. Dug up by Petrie. F.C.J.S'.
Compare with C. Andrews Amulets of Ancient Egypt (1994), fig.90.
Specifications
- Accession number
- 56.20.627.23
- Collection type
- Religion
- Culture
- New Kingdom
- Date made
- 1352 BC - 1336 BC (Dynasty 18: Reign of Akhenaten)
- Collector
- William Matthew Flinders Petrie
- Place collected
- Africa: Northern Africa: Egypt: Tell el Amarna
- Date collected
- 1892
- Materials
- Egyptian Faience
- Measurements
- Overall: 12 mm x 10 mm
- Credit line
- Purchased from the collections of Norwich Castle Museum
- Legal status
- Permanent collection
- Provenance
- Location
- Item not currently on display
- Publications