Necklace with claw amulet
Object type: Necklace, claw amulet
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: Predynastic, Naqada II
Date: ca. 3650–3300 B.C.
Medium: Carnelian (amulet), serpentinite, faience (beads)

Dimensions: L: 9.5 cm (3 3/4 in.)
Geography: From    Egypt Southern Upper Egypt Hierakonpolis (Nekhen)
Locale: Fort Cemetery (Hk 27)
Locus: Tomb 16
Excavation: MMA excavations, 1934–35
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1935
Accession year: 1935