Name: The Metropolitan Museum of Art Open Access
Creator: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

Egyptian Art332–30 B.C.

Artwork Details

Title	Isis amulet
Medium	Faience
Dimensions	H. 4.3 cm (1 11/16 in.); W. 0.9 cm (3/8 in.); D. 1.4 cm (9/16 in.)
Department	Egyptian Art
Date	332–30 B.C.
Credit Line	Purchase, Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1926
Object Page	View at The Met

Cultural Origin

Period	Ptolemaic Period
Date Range	332 BC – 30 BC

Provenance

Region	Upper Egypt, Thebes
Country	Egypt

Other works from the Ptolemaic Period period

306–30 B.C.Implement

246–222 B.C.Coin of Ptolemy III from a Ptolemaic hoard

332–280 B.C.Magical stela or cippus of Horus

150–1 BCOfficial with Pleated Costume

304–30 B.C.Obelisk

304 B.C.–30 B.C.Shrew

1st century B.C. or earlierA child god, probably Harpokrates

664–332 B.C.Statuette, Sakhmet (Wadjet ?)

Data Source: The Metropolitan Museum of Art Open Access · Object 551324