Amulet in the Shape of a Persea Fruit
Object type: Amulet, Persea Fruit
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: New Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 18
Reign: Joint reign of Hatshepsut and Thutmose III
Date: ca. 1479–1458 B.C.
Medium: Faience
Dimensions: L. 2.2 × Diam. 1.5 cm (7/8 × 9/16 in.)
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Sheikh Abd el-Qurna
Locale: below the Tomb of Senenmut (TT 71)
Locus: burial 2, in box
Excavation: MMA excavations, 1935–36
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1936
Accession year: 1936