Fish Design Amulet Inscribed with the cartouche of Queen Ahmose Nefertari
Object type: Amulet, Queen Ahmose Nefertari, Fish
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: New Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 18, early
Reign: reign of Ahmose I–Thutmose II
Date: ca. 1550–1479 B.C.
Medium: Steatite (glazed)
Dimensions: L. 1.5 cm (9/16 in); W. 1 cm (3/8 in); Th. 0.6 cm (1/4 in)
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Asasif
Locale: Tomb CC 37
Locus: Burial 59 D
Excavation: Carnarvon/Carter excavations, 1911
Credit line: Purchase, Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1926
Accession year: 1926
Tags: Hieroglyphs|Fish