The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Egyptian Art
A small inlaid sculpture of a soft-shelled turtle
Maker not identified
- Date
- ca. 1991–1802 B.C.
- Medium
- Amethyst, turquoise, lapis-lazuli, carnelian, adhesive
- Dimensions
- L. 4.7 × W. 3.5 × H. 1.5 cm (1 7/8 × 1 3/8 × 9/16 in.)
- Object type
- Amulet, Turtle, inlaid, soft-shelled
- Period
- Middle Kingdom
- Country
- Egypt
- Object number
- 26.7.1359
- Credit line
- Purchase, Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1926
- Gallery
- 111
Subjects and terms
- Turtles
The Met object ID 544102. The source CSV marks this record public domain, the official API identifies it as image-bearing, and the image was reverified as public domain before this page rendered.