Information
Fragment of amozonite stone inscribed on both sides with hieroglyphs for Ta-mes. Bright blue/green in colour with text incised and hilighted in white pigment. Possibly fragment of a plaque or scroll amulet.
Described in the 1870's by the curator Charles Gatty as a "portion of an amazonite stone amulet, inscribed on both sides with a religious formula for "Ta mes", priest of Ptah, and superintendant of workmen, son of Thothmes. 18th Dynasty (Birch)."
Specifications
- Accession number
- M14004
- Collection type
- Religion
- Culture
- New Kingdom
- Place made
- Africa: Northern Africa: Egypt
- Date made
- 1550 BC - 1069 BC about
- Collector
- Joseph Mayer
- Place collected
- Africa: Northern Africa: Egypt
- Date collected
- 1867 before
- Materials
- Feldspar
- Measurements
- Overall: 12 mm x 48 mm x 20 mm
- Note
- Credit line
- Gift of Joseph Mayer
- Legal status
- Permanent collection
- Provenance
- Joseph Mayer, Donor, Purchased, Donation, Owned until: 1867
- Location
- Item not currently on display
- Publications
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