Ptah Amulet

Mould-made faience amulet in the shape of a plaque with a raised image of the god Ptah, standing with a staff held upright before him. Pierced at the top for suspension. CONDITION NOTE (1998): Worn, surface dirt, paper adhered to back. From the Egypt Exploration Fund 1884 excavations at Tanis (San el-Hagar), directed by William Flinders Petrie; assigned to the Egypt Exploration Fund in the division of finds by the government of Egypt.