amulet
Object NameHeart Amulet
Made FromGlass
Date1400-1300 BCE
Place MadeEgypt
TechniqueTooled, trail-decorated
SizeOverall H: 1.8 cm
Accession Number54.1.146-2
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Life on a String: 35 Centuries of the Glass Bead
Not On View
Physical DescriptionTranslucent deep blue, translucent greenish-blue, opaque white and opaque yellow glass, all bubbly with stone, some surface dulling, otherwise unweathered; all are tooled and trail decorated, probably drilled. Heart amulet of translucent greenish-blue glass, decorated with festooned horizontal trails of opaque white and opaque yellow, two wide lugs pulled out vertically on body, top flattened and just slightly thickened before tapering into short neck; truncated flat bottom.Provenance
Source
Fahim Kouchakji
(b. Syria, 1886-1976)
1400-1350 BCE
25 BCE-99 CE
99 BCE-99 CE
25 BCE-99 CE
1350-1225 BCE