Amulet
c. 3100 BC - c. 2686 BC
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Blue-green glazed composition amulet in the form of two locusts belly-to-belly, partially broken.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Glazed composition |
| Brief description | Double locust amulet, blue-green glazed composition, Abydos, Egypt, Early Dynastic period |
| Physical description | Blue-green glazed composition amulet in the form of two locusts belly-to-belly, partially broken. |
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| Object history | Found at Abydos, 1902-3 excavation season. |
| Bibliographic reference | W. M. F. Petrie, Abydos II (London: Bernard Quaritch, 1903): 25, Pl. 1, Pl. 7.85 |
| Other number | CER.LOST.339 - Previous number |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 1310-1903 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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