Caption

Amulet in the shape of a heart ib, made of black and brown glass decorated with parallel lines forming a zigzag on the front and back in beige and white. The amulet is vertically pierced; the hole is framed at the top with a beige ring, and there are residual handles on the sides. c. 1550–1295 BC; New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, Egypt. Amulet; height 1.6 cm, width 1.7 cm., A small object with an organic, irregular shape sits against a plain light gray background; the object has layered, flowing stripes in black and tan/golden tones with areas of brown and a few spots of red, and its silhouette suggests a rounded central form with two short protrusions on opposite sides and a narrowed neck at the top.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A18_087

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Rights managed

Available size

34.0Mb (612.9Kb) / 11.5in x 11.5in / 3449 x 3449 (300dpi)

Keywords

Amulet shape heart ib black brown glass decorated parallel lines forming zigzag front back beige white amulet vertically pierced hole framed top beige ring residual handles sides c 1550–1295 Bc New Kingdom 18th Dynasty Egypt height 1.6 cm width 1.7 cm small object organic irregular shape sits plain light gray background object layered flowing stripes tan golden tones areas brown spots red silhouette rounded central form two short protrusions opposite sides narrowed neck top.