Frog Amulet
c. 1380–1330 BC
Maker Unknown
Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art
Frog Amulet, c. 1380–1330 BC. Egypt, New Kingdom, Late Dynasty 18. Polychrome faience; overall: 0.8 x 0.9 cm (5/16 x 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Cyril and Jessica Aldred 1980.123 This frog amulet was made from faience, a fine type of self-glazing ceramic that is characteristically turquoise blue. It is a representation of Heqet, the frog goddess associated with childbirth and fertility.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Amulets
- Formatted Medium
- polychrome faience
- Medium
- polychrome, faience
- Dimensions
- Overall: 0.8 x 0.9 cm (5/16 x 3/8 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: Inscribed "Nefer" (beautiful)
- Departments
- Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art
- Accession Number
- 1980.123
- Credit Line
- Gift of Cyril and Jessica Aldred
- Exhibitions
- Year in Review: 1980, Gifts of the Nile: Ancient Egyptian Faience, CMA 1981a, no. 2; CMA 1982, no. 7 (entry by Arielle P. Kozloff); CMA/Providence/Fort Worth, no. 70 (entry by Arielle P. Kozloff), The Cleveland Museum of Art (5/10/98 - 7/5/98); Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design (8/25/98 - 1/3/99); Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth (1/31/99 - 4/25/99). "Gifts of the Nile: Ancient Egyptian Faience," exh. cat. no. 70, color repr. p. 117; p. 208; repr. p. 208.
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 107 Egyptian
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