Hand amulet
Object type: Amulet, hand
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: Late Old Kingdom–Early Middle Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 8–12
Date: ca. 2150–1950 B.C.
Medium: Carnelian
Dimensions: W. 1.3 cm (1/2 in.)
Geography: From|Said to be from  |  Egypt Southern Upper Egypt Aswan (Syene)
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1959
Accession year: 1959