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Amulet of Harsaphes (Heryshef)
Egyptian
Third Intermediate Period, Dyn. 23, Neferkara Pe
740–725 B.C.
Object Place: Egypt, Ihnasya el-Medina (Herakleopolis Magna)
Medium/Technique
Cast gold
Dimensions
Height x width x depth: 6 x 0.7 x 1.7 cm (2 3/8 x 1/4 x 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
Egypt Exploration Fund by subscription
Accession Number06.2408
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On display at Houston Museum of Natural Science, TX, May 17, 2013 – March 31, 2027
On display at Houston Museum of Natural Science, TX, May 17, 2013 – March 31, 2027
CollectionsJewelry, Ancient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Amulets
Provenance1903-1904, excavated from the hypostyle hall of the temple, Ihnasya el-Medina (Herakleopolis Magna), Egypt, by William Matthew Flinders Petrie (b. 1853 - d. 1942) for the Egypt Exploration Fund; assigned in the division of finds by the Government of Egypt to the Egypt Exploration Fund; 1905, gift of the Egyptian Exploration Fund to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 1, 1905)