Fly Amulet
Unknown artist
Date: ca. 1550–1300 BCE
Medium: Hippopotamus ivory
Dimensions: H. 3.5 × W. 6.3 × D. 0.7 cm (1 3/8 × 2 1/2 × 1/4 in.)
Country: Egypt
Period: New Kingdom
Themes: Insects
Purchase, Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1926
Date range
-1550 – -1550
Largest dimension
0.7 cm
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