Lion amulet
Object type: Amulet, Lion
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: Late Middle Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 12, late - 13 up to 1700
Date: ca. 1850–1700 B.C.
Medium: Green jasper
Dimensions: l. 0.9 cm (3/8 in)
Geography: From    Egypt Memphite Region Lisht North
Locale: cemetery south of pyramid below House A1:2
Locus: Pit 884
Excavation: MMA excavations, 1920–21
Credit line: Rogers Fund and Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1922
Accession year: 1922