Amulet of Mut and Khonsu

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Arts of Africa

Third Intermediate Period (about 1069–664 BCE)

Egyptian

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Arts of Africa

Artist: Ancient Egyptian
Title: Amulet of Mut and Khonsu
Place: Egypt (Object made in)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: Made 1069 BCE–664 BCE
Medium: Faience
Dimensions: 6.1 × 1.7 × 3.4 cm (2 7/16 × 11/16 × 1 3/8 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Charles L. Hutchinson, Henry H. Getty, and Norman W. Harris
Reference Number: 1892.52
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Thomas George Allen, A Handbook of the Egyptian Collection (Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago, 1923), p. 127
Roberta Casagrande-Kim, ed., When the Greeks Ruled Egypt: From Alexander the Great to Cleopatra. Exh. cat. (New York: Institute for the Study of the Ancient World; Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2014), p. 52, fig. 3-7, p. 98, cat. 82.

Art Institute of Chicago, When the Greeks Ruled: Egypt After Alexander the Great, October 31, 2013 - July 27, 2014; traveled to New York City, NY, the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, October 8, 2014 - January 4, 2015.

German Consul, Luxor, Egypt; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1892; price reimbursed by Charles L. Hutchinson and Henry H. Getty, 1892.

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