Hedgehog Amulet on a String
Object type: Amulet, hedgehog, string
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: Middle Kingdom
Dynasty: mid-Dynasty 13
Date: ca. 1750–1700 B.C.
Medium: Glazed steatite, linen string
Dimensions: L. 0.9 × W. 0.6 × H. 0.5 cm (5/16 × 1/4 × 3/16 in.)
Geography: From    Egypt Memphite Region Lisht North
Locale: cemetery
Locus: Pit 995
Excavation: MMA excavations, 1921–22
Credit line: Rogers Fund and Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1922
Accession year: 1922