ClassificationsAncient Egyptian Art
Sweret Bead Amulet
Place CreatedEgypt, Africa
CultureEgyptian
PeriodMiddle Kingdom
Date1980-1760 BCE
MediumQuartz (carnelian)
Credit LineAnonymous gift
Dimensions13/16 in. (2.1 cm)
Object number2001.010.002
Exhibition HistoryMCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, October 6, 2001 - PresentPublished ReferencesPeter Lacovara, "The New Galleries of Egyptian and Near Eastern Art at the Michael C. Carlos Museum," Minerva (September/October 2001): 9-16.
Peter Lacovara and Betsy Teasley Trope, The Realm of Osiris (Atlanta: Michael C. Carlos Museum, 2001), 62.
ProvenanceEx private collection, United States.
Status
On viewCollections
- Ancient Egyptian, Nubian, and Near Eastern Art
1980-1760 BCE
after 1539 BCE
early 2nd Century BCE-1st Century CE
1539-343 BCE
1980-1760 BCE
1980-1760 BCE
1980-1760 BCE
1980-1760 BCE
after 1980 BCE
