Object Information
Accession Number:
2006.036.001
Object Title:
Amulet of Amun
Measurements:
4 1/2 x 1 in (11.4 x 2.5 cm)
Creation Date:
722-332 BCE
Credit Line:
Egyptian Purchase Fund
Museum Name:
Museum Contact:
ashanle@emory.edu
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Museum's Definition of Antiquity:
Prior to 641 CE for Egyptian art
Provenance Information:
Said to be ex private collection, United Kingdom, acquired during diplomatic service in Sudan, early 1970s. Ex coll. Michael Hedqvist [Phoenix Ancient Art SA], Geneva, Switzerland, acquired from Swiss art market, 2001. With Joseph Coplin and Robin Beningson [Antiquarium, Ltd.], New York, New York, from 2005. Purchased by MCCM from Antiquarium, Ltd.
Exhibition Information:
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, 2006 - December 1, 2014;
African Cosmos: Stellar Arts, Michael C. Carlos Museum, January 31 - June 21, 2015;
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, July 8, 2015 - Present
Publication Information:
Ancient Treasures IV (New York: Antiquarium Ltd, 2006), 6.
Michael C. Carlos Museum: Highlights of the Collections (Atlanta: Michael C. Carlos Museum, 2011), 26.
Marjorie M. Fisher, et al., Ancient Nubia: African Kingdoms on the Nile (Cairo: The American University in Cairo Press, 2012), 126, figure 83.
Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970:
Cumulative facts and figures
Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above:
Object was out of source country before export laws and regulations were put in place. The Carlos continues to conduct provenance research on this object and all of our collections.