Fly amulet
- Accession Number
- EA30564
- Current Location
- House of Death (ground floor), Amulets case
- Object Type
- Jewellery, Amulet
- Period
- New Kingdom
- Dynasty
- Eighteenth Dynasty
- Amenhotep I to Amenhotep II
- Material
- Stone/minerals (Steatite)
- Provenance
- Egypt, Saqqara
- Measurements
- Height: 8mm | Length: 14mm | Width: 10mm
- Number of Elements
- 1
- Culture
- Egyptian
- Animal
- Fly
Licensing details
- Description
-
A blue-glazed steatite scaraboid with the back in the form of a fly. It is longitudinally pierced with a cartouche-shaped base inscribed with the name of Amenhotep I or Amenhotep II. Possibly from Saqqara. The object is on long-term loan since 2005 from the British Museum who acquired it in 1899 from the Rev. Chauncey Murch. For an ivory fly amulet, see Anonymous (1994, 264).
- Bibliography
-
Andrews, Carol 1994. Amulets of ancient Egypt. London: The British Museum Press. Anonymous (ed.) 1994. Pharaonen und Fremde: Dynastien im Dunkel; 194. Sonderausstellung des Historischen Museums der Stadt Wien in Zusammenarbeit mit dem Ägyptologischen Institut der Universität Wien und dem Österreichischen Archäologischen Institut Kairo, Rathaus Wien, Volkshalle, 8. Sept.–23. Okt. 1994. Wien: Eigenverlag der Museen der Stadt Wien. 194. Sonderausstellung des Historischen Museums der Stadt Wien. Goodridge, Wendy R. & Stuart J. Williams 2005. Offerings from The British Museum. Swansea: The Egypt Centre. [p. 9]
- Previous Owners
- The British Museum | Rev. Chauncey Murch (1856–1907)
- Acquisition
- Long-term loan, The British Museum (04 Apr 2005)
- Language
- Egyptian
- Script
- Hieroglyphic
- Last modified: 05 Feb 2023