Wadj (papyrus stalk) from string of amulets
Object type: wadj amulet
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: Third Intermediate Period
Dynasty: Dynasty 21
Date: ca. 1070–945 B.C.
Medium: Carnelian
Dimensions: H. 1.4 × W. 0.5 cm (1.4 × 0.5 cm)
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Deir el-Bahri
Locale: Tomb MMA 60, Chamber
Locus: Burial of Djedmutesankh (Ch5)
Excavation: MMA excavations, 1923–24
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1925
Accession year: 1925