Date Amulet

Blue glazed date amulet. Loop at top only, now missing and glaze is worn. 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 C. Andrews Amulets of Ancient Egypt (1994), fig.65.