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Amulet of a standing male
Egyptian
Medium/Technique
Faience
Dimensions
Height: 4.6 cm (1 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Hay Collection—Gift of C. Granville Way
Accession Number72.4070
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ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Amulets
DescriptionPale green; glazed; much encrusted with brown; full-length, standing male figure of Amen?; headdress broken off; broken at knees and lower part missing; incised hieroglyphs on back.
ProvenanceBy 1836: Robert Hay Collection, Linplum, Scotland; 1863: to his son, Robert James Alexander Hay; 1868-1872: Way Collection, Boston (purchased by Samuel A. Way through London dealers Rollin and Feuardent, 27 Haymarket); 1872: given to the MFA by Samuel's son, C. Granville Way.
(Accession date: June 28, 1872)
(Accession date: June 28, 1872)