Hand amulet
Object type: Amulet, Hand
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: Middle Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 13, mid
Date: ca. 1750 B.C.
Medium: Faience
Dimensions: L. 2.4 cm (15/16 in)
Geography: From    Egypt Memphite Region Lisht North
Locale: cemetery south of pyramid below House A1:1
Locus: Pit 885
Excavation: MMA excavations, 1920–21
Credit line: Rogers Fund and Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1922
Accession year: 1922