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© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Peter Harholdt.
Heart Amulet
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Peter Harholdt.
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Peter Harholdt.
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Peter Harholdt.
ClassificationsAncient Egyptian Art

Heart Amulet

AAT Object Form/FunctionAmulet
AAT Object Form/FunctionDevontional Jewelry
Place FoundEgypt, Africa
CultureEgyptian
PeriodLate Period
Date722-332 BCE
MediumObsidian
Credit LineCollected by William A. Shelton, funded by John A. Manget
Dimensions1 1/4 x 1 7/8 x 1/2 in. (3.2 x 4.8 x 1.3 cm)
Object number1921.071
Exhibition HistoryMCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 2001 - Present
Published ReferencesPeter Lacovara and Betsy Teasley Trope, The Realm of Osiris (Atlanta: Michael C. Carlos Museum 2001), 60.
Zahi Hawass and Sahar N. Saleem, Scanning the Pharaohs: CT Imaging of the New Kingdom Royal Mummies (Cairo: The American University in Cairo Press, 2016), 239.
ProvenanceAcquired for Emory University Museum by William Shelton (1875-1959), ca. 1920.
Status
On view
Collections
  • Ancient Egyptian, Nubian, and Near Eastern Art