Quartzite in art: 50 works, most common in Egyptian Art

Medium50 works

Collection Summary

Works Held	50
Date Range	4500 BC – 246 BC
Primary Department	Egyptian Art (161)
Most Common Form	Stone-Stamp Seals (3)
Cultures Represented	3
Countries	2
Public Domain	143 works (85%)

Works by Century

45th century BC

33th century BC

31th century BC

30th century BC

27th century BC

26th century BC

20th century BC

19th century BC

18th century BC

17th century BC

15th century BC

14th century BC

13th century BC

12th century BC

11th century BC

9th century BC

8th century BC

7th century BC

6th century BC

4th century BC

Departments

Egyptian Art

161

Ancient Near Eastern Art

Forms & Classifications

Stone-Stamp Seals

Stone-Ornaments

Stone-Cylinder Seals

Stone-Sculpture

Cultures Represented

Old Assyrian Trading Colony · 2 Sumerian · 2 Babylonian · 1

Historical Periods

New Kingdom, Amarna Period · 108New Kingdom · 19Middle Kingdom · 18New Kingdom, Ramesside · 4Early Dynastic II · 2 Middle Bronze Age–Old Assyrian Trading Colony · 2Middle Kingdom or later · 1Middle Kingdom–Second Intermediate Period · 1Naqada III–Dynasty 1 · 1Neo-Assyrian or Neo-Babylonian · 1

Dynasties

Dynasty 18 · 123Dynasty 12 · 10Dynasty 12–13 · 3Dynasty 19 · 2Dynasty 12, late · 1late Dynasty 12 to early Dynasty 13 · 1Dynasty 13, late · 1Dynasty 30 or later · 1Dynasty 25–26 · 1Dynasty 18, early · 1

Geographic Distribution

Egypt

160

Sudan

Works Index

Title	Classification	Date	Origin
Falcon Figurine		ca. 3300–2900 B.C.	Egypt
Lion Cub		ca. 3100–2900 B.C.	Egypt
Standing female figure wearing a strap and a necklace	Stone-Sculpture	3rd–2nd millennium B.C.
Calf amulet	Stone-Ornaments	ca. 2700–2600 B.C.	Sumerian
Cow amulet	Stone-Ornaments	ca. 2700–2600 B.C.	Sumerian
Striding Figure		ca. 2575–2465 B.C.	Egypt
Cylinder seal and modern impression: goddess leading a…	Stone-Cylinder Seals	ca. 20th–19th century B.C.	Old Assyrian Trading Colony
Head of a Sphinx		ca. 1981–1878 B.C.	Egypt
Mallet		ca. 1981–1975 B.C. or later	Egypt
Statuette		ca. 1981–1640 B.C.	Egypt
Statuette of woman		ca. 1981–1640 B.C.	Egypt
Weight: 23 1/4 debens, with cartouche of Senwosret		ca. 1981–1640 B.C.	Egypt
Face of Senwosret III		ca. 1878–1840 B.C.	Egypt
Upper Part of a Statue		ca. 1859–1750 B.C.	Egypt
Statuette of a man		ca. 1850–1800 B.C.	Egypt
Conoid seal with hammer head handle	Stone-Stamp Seals	early 2nd millennium B.C.	Old Assyrian Trading Colony
Head of a King		ca. 1802–1749 B.C.	Egypt
Head from a Large Statue of a Priest or Dignitary		ca. 1700–1600 B.C.	Egypt
Whetstone		ca. 1550–1458 B.C.	Egypt
Name Stone of Hatshepsut		ca. 1479–1458 B.C.	Egypt
Sphinx of Thutmose III		ca. 1479–1425 B.C.	Egypt
Inscribed Stone from Hatshepsut's Valley Temple		ca. 1479–1458 B.C.	Egypt
Inscribed Stone from Hatshepsut's Valley Temple		ca. 1479–1458 B.C.	Egypt
Inscribed Stone from Hatshepsut's Valley Temple		ca. 1479–1458 B.C.	Egypt
Inscribed Stone from Hatshepsut's Valley Temple		ca. 1479–1458 B.C.	Egypt
Insscribed Stone from Hatshepsut's Valley Temple		ca. 1479–1458 B.C.	Egypt
Head of a Man		ca. 1391–1353 B.C.	Egypt
Amenhotep III in the Blue Crown		ca. 1390–1352 B.C.	Egypt
arm with Aten cartouches		ca. 1353–1336 B.C.	Egypt
Bent right forearm with garment pleats		ca. 1353–1336 B.C.	Egypt
Block section, Aten cartouche		ca. 1353–1336 B.C.	Egypt
body fragment with garment pleats		ca. 1353–1336 B.C.	Egypt
body surface		ca. 1353–1336 B.C.	Egypt
body with garment pleats		ca. 1353–1336 B.C.	Egypt
chest (?) fragment from a statue		ca. 1353–1336 B.C.	Egypt
Chest (?) fragment with Aten cartouches		ca. 1353–1336 B.C.	Egypt
Chest in garment with Aten cartouches		ca. 1353–1336 B.C.	Egypt
Chest of king with Aten cartouches		ca. 1353–1336 B.C.	Egypt
chip		ca. 1353–1336 B.C.	Egypt
chip		ca. 1353–1336 B.C.	Egypt

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Data Source: The Metropolitan Museum of Art Open Access