Cowroid Seal Amulet Inscribed with a Geometric Pattern
Object type: Cowroid, Hatshepsut FD, rope, papyrus
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: New Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 18, early
Reign: Joint reign of Hatshepsut and Thutmose III
Date: ca. 1479–1458 B.C.
Medium: Steatite (glazed)
Dimensions: L. 1.7 cm (11/16 in.); w. 1.1 cm (7/16 in.); h. 0.5 cm (3/16 in.)
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Deir el-Bahri
Locale: Temple of Hatshepsut
Locus: Foundation Deposit 9 (I)
Excavation: MMA excavations, 1926–27
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1927
Accession year: 1927