© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University

ClassificationsAncient Egyptian Art

Djed-Pillar

AAT Object Form/FunctionDevontional Jewelry

AAT Object Form/FunctionAmulet

Place FoundEgypt, Africa

CultureEgyptian

PeriodLate Period

Date722-332 BCE

MediumObsidian

Credit LineCollected by William A. Shelton, funded by John A. Manget

Dimensions1 13/16 x 5/8 x 3/16 in. (4.6 x 1.6 x 0.4 cm)

Object number1921.079

Exhibition HistoryMCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, May 11, 1993 - Spring 2001
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 2001 - Present
Published ReferencesPeter Lacovara and Betsy Teasley Trope, The Realm of Osiris (Atlanta: Michael C. Carlos Museum 2001), 60.

ProvenanceAcquired for Emory University Museum by William Shelton (1875-1959), ca. 1920.

Status

On view

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