Amulet
- Accession Number
- AB70
- Current Location
- House of Life (first floor), Amarna case
- Object Type
- Jewellery, Amulet | Jewellery, Necklace, Pendant
- Period
- New Kingdom
- Dynasty
- Eighteenth Dynasty
- Amenhotep IV/Akhenaten
- Material
- Faience
- Provenance
- Egypt, Abydos
- Measurements
- Height: 13.9mm | Width: 9.3mm | Depth: 2.6mm
- Number of Elements
- 1
Licensing details
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- Description
-
A dark blue faience amulet consisting of the double cartouches of Akhenaten. Only the prenomen (Neferkheperure-waenre) survives. A hole goes left-right through the piece. It is likely from Abydos and was a gift from the University of Wales, Aberystwyth. The object had previously been gifted to the University of Wales, Aberystwyth by John Bancroft Willans, a subscriber of the Egypt Exploration Fund/Society, who received the object in 1903. For a parallel, see The Art Institute of Chicago, X38: https://www.artic.edu/artworks/141170/amulet-double-cartouche-of-king-akhenaton.
- Other Identity
- 47 (Margaret Murray list)
- Previous Owners
- Egypt Exploration Society | John Bancroft Willans (1881–1957) | University of Wales, Aberystwyth
- Acquisition
- Gift, The University of Wales, Aberystwyth (24 Mar 1997)
- Inscription
-
nfr-ḫprw-rꜥ [wꜥ-n]-rꜥ = Neferkheperure waenre (Akhenaten)
- Language
- Egyptian
- Script
- Hieroglyphic
- Last modified: 01 Aug 2022