Shell amulet inscribed with the name of Amenemhat III
Object type: Shell amulet inscribed with Amenemhat III
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: Middle Kingdom–Second Intermediate Period
Dynasty: Dynasty 12–17
Date: ca. 1981–1550 B.C.
Medium: Glazed steatite
Dimensions: L. 3 × W. 2.7 cm (1 3/16 × 1 1/16 in.)
Geography: From    Egypt  
Credit line: Gift of Helen Miller Gould, 1910
Accession year: 1910