Amulet
29-85-670
From: Egypt | Mit-Rahineh
Curatorial Section: Egyptian
Object Number | 29-85-670 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Egypt | Mit-Rahineh |
Locus | Debris of wall west of Merenptah bulding; wall fell during winter rains of 1916-17 |
Section | Egyptian |
Materials | Faience |
Iconography | Baboon |
Description | Sitting. Eating from a bunch of fruit. According to Mr. Tomilin of the Philadelphia Zoological Gardens this amulet has a baboon's head with a body like a man. |
Height | 0.036 m |
Credit Line | The Eckley B. Coxe Jr. Expedition to Mit-Rahineh (Memphis), Egypt, 1915-1920 |
Other Number | M6703 - Field No SF |
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