Part of National Museums Liverpool

Amulet

1977.109.34b

Part of

Ancient Egypt collection

More than 3000 items from our internationally significant Egyptology collection. The full collection is one of the largest in the UK with nearly 20,000 items spanning from the Prehistoric (about 5300 BC) to the end of the Byzantine Period (AD 642).

About this object

Silver fish and shen ring. Original suspension loop worn through amulet repaired with large loop running under fish.

Object specifics

  • Type
    Religion
  • Culture
    New Kingdom
  • Artist/Maker
    Unknown or unrecorded
  • Place made
    Africa: Northern Africa: Egypt: Abydos
  • Date made
    1550 BC - 1295 BC
  • Materials
    Silver
  • Location
    Item not currently on display
  • Acquisition
    Bequest of Lt. Col. John Raymond Danson
  • Collector
    Francis Chatillon Danson
  • Place collected
    Africa: Northern Africa: Egypt: Abydos
  • Date collected
    1909
  • Measurements
    15 mm x 10 mm
  • Note
    From Abydos, grave number unknown: excavated by Professor John Garstang for the Liverpool Institute of Archaeology, 1909; assigned to the Liverpool Institute of Archaeology by the government of Egypt; given to Sir Francis Chatillon Danson by the Liverpool Institute of Archaeology; given to the museum in 1977 by the executors of the estate of the late Lieutenant Colonel John Raymond Danson;
    Janine Bourriau (ed.), ‘Museum Acquisitions, 1978’ in The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology volume 66 (1980), p. 141 [no. 342].
  • Related people
    Edith Danson (Previous owner); Francis Chatillon Danson (Collector, previous owner); John Raymond Danson (Previous owner)

Explore related

Publications

  • 'Museum Acquisitions, 1978' in the Journal of Egyptian Archaeology vol. 66

    Bourriau, Janine (editor)

    Author: Bourriau, Janine (editor)
    Publisher: Egypt Exploraration Society
    Date: 1980
    Description: A list of Egyptian antiquities acquired in 1978 by museums in the United Kingdom. The article contains a complete list of the Danson collection of Egyptian antiquities acquired by World Museum in 1977.

Ownership

Previous owners

  • John Raymond Danson

    Owned from: 1950-08-03
    How acquired: Inherited
    Owned until: 1976-06-18
    Disposal method: Bequest

  • Edith Danson

    Owned from: 1926-07-03
    How acquired: Inherited
    Owned until: 1950-08-03
    Disposal method: Bequest

  • Francis Chatillon Danson

    Owned from: 1909
    How acquired: Purchased
    Owned until: 1926-07-03
    Disposal method: Bequest
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