Petal Amulet

Blue glazed petal-shaped amulet. Badly damaged top section of amulet missing; 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.65.