Cylindrical Amulet with Gold Caps
Object type: Amulet, cylinder
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: Late Middle Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 12, late - 13 up to 1700
Date: ca. 1850–1700 B.C.
Medium: Gold, bronze
Dimensions: a) L. 2.2 cm (7/8 in)
b) Diam. 0.8 cm (5/16 in)
Geography: From    Egypt Memphite Region Lisht North
Locale: cemetery south of pyramid below House A1:2
Locus: Pit 884
Excavation: MMA excavations, 1920–21
Credit line: Rogers Fund and Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1922
Accession year: 1922