Title: Amulet in the Shape of a Persea Fruit
Object type: Amulet, Persea Fruit
Date: ca. 1479–1458 B.C.
Period: New Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 18
Reign: Joint reign of Hatshepsut and Thutmose III
Medium: Faience
Dimensions: L. 2.2 × Diam. 1.5 cm (7/8 × 9/16 in.)
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1936
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Sheikh Abd el-Qurna below the Tomb of Senenmut (TT 71) burial 2, in box MMA excavations, 1935–36 
Department: Egyptian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY