Grape Bunch Pendant

56.20.627.47

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Blue glazed bunch of grapes amulet. Loops at top and bottom, both missing, 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. Compare with Petrie, Tell el Amarna (1894), pl. XIX, 445.