Falcon Amulet
Object type: Falcon amulet
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: Late Middle Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 12, late–17
Date: ca. 1850–1700 B.C.
Medium: Lapis lazuli
Dimensions: 1.5 cm (9/16 in.)
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Asasif
Locale: Tomb MMA 840
Locus: pit in portico
Excavation: MMA excavations, 1912–13
Credit line: Rogers Fund and Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1913
Accession year: 1913
Tags: Falcons