Cornflower Pendant

56.20.627.13

Information

Blue glazed cornflower amulet. No loop present. Glued to card by Flaxman Spurrell with other amulets and beads excavated by Flinders Petrie at Tell el Amarna in 1892 to illustrate jewellery types. Annotated in red "TELL EL AMARNA. D.XVIII. Dug up by Petrie. F.C.J.S'. Compare with Carol Andrews, 'Amulets of Ancient Egypt' (London, 1994) fig.65.