Mould

56.21.741

Information

Dark grey mould for amulet. The design is that of a grape bunch. The cavity contains some orange paste. Rounded back of mould. Compare with W M Flinders Petrie, Tell el-Amarna (London, 1894), plate XIX, no. 442. From the 1925 excavations at Tell el Amarna, find number not recorded, "sundry moulds unnumbered". Excavated by the Egypt Exploration Society in 1925 and acquired by the EES in the division of finds. Donated to the East Anglia Egyptian Society by the EES in recognition of a contribution to the EES (excavation subscription). Donated to Norwich Castle Museum. Purchased from the collections of Norwich Castle Museum in 1956 by Liverpool City Museum (now World Museum).