Winged griffin plaque inscribed with the name Nebpehtyre (Ahmose I)
Object type: Plaque, Nebpehtyre (Ahmose I), Griffin
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: New Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 18, early
Reign: reign of Ahmose I
Date: ca. 1550–1525 B.C.
Medium: Steatite (glazed)
Dimensions: H. 1.4 cm (9/16 cm); w. 1.2 cm (2.6 in); th. 0.5 cm (3/16 in)
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Asasif
Locale: Tomb CC 47
Locus: Burial 13
Excavation: Carnarvon/Carter excavations, 1912
Credit line: Purchase, Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1926
Accession year: 1926
Tags: Griffins