Cowroid Seal-Amulet
Object type: Cowroid, tilapia fish eating lotus
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: New Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 18, early
Reign: reign of Thutmose II–Early Joint reign
Date: ca. 1492–1473 B.C.
Medium: Glazed steatite
Dimensions: L. 1.2 cm (1/2 in.); W. 0.7 cm (1/4 in.); H. 0.4 cm (3/16 in.)
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Sheikh Abd el-Qurna
Locale: Tomb of Hatnefer and Ramose (below TT 71)
Locus: coffin IV, burial 1
Excavation: MMA excavations, 1935–36
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1936
Accession year: 1936
Tags: Animals