Amuletic Knot
Object type: Amulet, Knot
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: New Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 18
Reign: Joint reign of Hatshepsut and Thutmose III
Date: ca. 1479–1458 B.C.
Medium: Conifer (Cedar)
Dimensions: L. 15.2 cm (6 in.); W. 5.4 cm (2 1/8 in.); Th. 1.8 cm (11/16 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