A small inlaid sculpture of a soft-shelled turtle
Object type: Amulet, Turtle, inlaid, soft-shelled
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: Middle Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 12
Date: ca. 1991–1802 B.C.
Medium: Amethyst, turquoise, lapis-lazuli, carnelian, adhesive
Dimensions: L. 4.7 × W. 3.5 × H. 1.5 cm (1 7/8 × 1 3/8 × 9/16 in.)
Geography: From|Said to be from  |  Egypt Northern Upper Egypt Dendera
Credit line: Purchase, Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1926
Accession year: 1926
Tags: Turtles