Cowroid Seal Amulet Inscribed with a Plant Motif
Object type: Cowroid, Hatshepsut FD, papyrus/lotus
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: New Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 18, early
Reign: Joint reign of Hatshepsut and Thutmose III
Date: ca. 1479–1458 B.C.
Medium: Steatite (glazed)
Dimensions: L. 1.9 cm (3/4 in.); w. 1.3 cm (1/2 in.); h. 0.7 cm (1/4 in.)
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Deir el-Bahri
Locale: Temple of Hatshepsut
Locus: Foundation Deposit 9 (I)
Excavation: MMA excavations, 1926–27
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1927
Accession year: 1927