ClassificationsAncient Egyptian Art

Amulet of a Sow

Place CreatedEgypt, Africa

CultureEgyptian

PeriodThird Intermediate Period - Late Period

Date1076-332 BCE

MediumFaience

Credit LineGift of the Georges Ricard Foundation

Dimensions9/16 x 1 1/8 x 5/16 in. (1.4 x 2.9 x 0.8 cm)

Object number2018.010.201

Exhibition HistoryMichael C. Carlos Museum, Veneralia 2019 Senuseret Collection Preview, May 18, 2019
Life and the Afterlife: Ancient Egyptian Art from the Senusret Collection, Michael C. Carlos Museum, February 4 - August 6, 2023
Published ReferencesMelinda K. Hartwig, ed. Life and the Afterlife: Ancient Egyptian Art from the Senusret Collection (Atlanta: Michael C. Carlos Museum, 2023), catalogue entry 17.

Terms

amulets

ProvenancePurchased by Georges Ricard (1921-2012) from Alain Renner, Marseille, France, September 23, 1974. Ex coll. Musée de l'Égypte et le Monde Antique, Collection Sanousrit, Monaco, 1975-1982. Ex coll. Georges Ricard Foundation, Santa Barbara, California.

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Not on view

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