Egyptian - Amulet - Walters 42195 - Back
The feet have broken away from this black-speckled carnelian representation of Horus-the-Child, but the angle of the legs suggests he was seated on his mother's lap. A loop protruding from the shoulders is also... More
Egyptian - Amulet - Walters 42195 - Left
The feet have broken away from this black-speckled carnelian representation of Horus-the-Child, but the angle of the legs suggests he was seated on his mother's lap. A loop protruding from the shoulders is also... More
Egyptian - Amulet - Walters 42195 - Right
The feet have broken away from this black-speckled carnelian representation of Horus-the-Child, but the angle of the legs suggests he was seated on his mother's lap. A loop protruding from the shoulders is also... More
Egyptian - Amulet - Walters 42195
The feet have broken away from this black-speckled carnelian representation of Horus-the-Child, but the angle of the legs suggests he was seated on his mother's lap. A loop protruding from the shoulders is also... More
Egyptian - Bull's Head - Walters 42191 - Back
This head of a bull may have belonged to a small figurine of an Apis bull, which may have been an amulet pendant or a small ritual statuette. The head was mounted as an earring in modern times but it is unlikel... More
Egyptian - Bull's Head - Walters 42191 - Left
This head of a bull may have belonged to a small figurine of an Apis bull, which may have been an amulet pendant or a small ritual statuette. The head was mounted as an earring in modern times but it is unlikel... More
Egyptian - Bull's Head - Walters 42191 - Right
This head of a bull may have belonged to a small figurine of an Apis bull, which may have been an amulet pendant or a small ritual statuette. The head was mounted as an earring in modern times but it is unlikel... More
Egyptian - Bull's Head - Walters 42191
This head of a bull may have belonged to a small figurine of an Apis bull, which may have been an amulet pendant or a small ritual statuette. The head was mounted as an earring in modern times but it is unlikel... More
Egyptian - Egyptian Necklace - Walters 571516 - Detail A
While the gold, blue faience, and carnelian beads interspersed with 11 amulets and thin gold spacers decorated with granulation are genuine, their arrangement in this necklace is a modern reconstruction. The va... More
Egyptian - Finger Ring with a Frog - Walters 421470 - Reverse
This finger ring displays the small figure of a frog squatting on top of the bezel. The frog is well carved with incised details. The stylized head of Hathor is incised on the bottom of the bezel. The gold lini... More
Egyptian - Finger Ring with a Frog - Walters 421470 - Side A
This finger ring displays the small figure of a frog squatting on top of the bezel. The frog is well carved with incised details. The stylized head of Hathor is incised on the bottom of the bezel. The gold lini... More
Egyptian - Finger Ring with a Frog - Walters 421470 - Side B
This finger ring displays the small figure of a frog squatting on top of the bezel. The frog is well carved with incised details. The stylized head of Hathor is incised on the bottom of the bezel. The gold lini... More
Egyptian - Finger Ring with a Frog - Walters 421470
This finger ring displays the small figure of a frog squatting on top of the bezel. The frog is well carved with incised details. The stylized head of Hathor is incised on the bottom of the bezel. The gold lini... More
Egyptian - Finger Ring with Frog - Walters 571536 - Bottom
A tiny carnelian frog with incised details serves as a swiveling bezel for a typical Egyptian seal ring. Carved into the base is a stylized head of a goddess, possibly Hathor.
Egyptian - Finger Ring with Frog - Walters 571536 - Left
A tiny carnelian frog with incised details serves as a swiveling bezel for a typical Egyptian seal ring. Carved into the base is a stylized head of a goddess, possibly Hathor.
Egyptian - Finger Ring with Frog - Walters 571536 - Right
A tiny carnelian frog with incised details serves as a swiveling bezel for a typical Egyptian seal ring. Carved into the base is a stylized head of a goddess, possibly Hathor.
Egyptian - Finger Ring with Frog - Walters 571536 - Top
A tiny carnelian frog with incised details serves as a swiveling bezel for a typical Egyptian seal ring. Carved into the base is a stylized head of a goddess, possibly Hathor.
Egyptian - Finger Ring with Frog - Walters 571536
A tiny carnelian frog with incised details serves as a swiveling bezel for a typical Egyptian seal ring. Carved into the base is a stylized head of a goddess, possibly Hathor.
Egyptian - Fly Necklace - Walters 421515
The necklace consists of 46 ovoid carnelian beads, 23 cornflower pendants with integrated loop on the top, and 22 fly shaped pendants with loop attached to the heads. The necklace is restrung, and contemporary ... More
Egyptian - Goddess and Ramesses II - Walters 42223 - Bottom
This is a small statuette of Pharaoh Ramesses II and a goddess made of carnelian. Both the goddesses Hathor and Isis are mentioned in the inscription on the back pillar. The piece is inscribed in two columns of... More
Egyptian - Goddess and Ramesses II - Walters 42223 - Left
This is a small statuette of Pharaoh Ramesses II and a goddess made of carnelian. Both the goddesses Hathor and Isis are mentioned in the inscription on the back pillar. The piece is inscribed in two columns of... More
Egyptian - Goddess and Ramesses II - Walters 42223 - Reverse
This is a small statuette of Pharaoh Ramesses II and a goddess made of carnelian. Both the goddesses Hathor and Isis are mentioned in the inscription on the back pillar. The piece is inscribed in two columns of... More
Egyptian - Goddess and Ramesses II - Walters 42223 - Right
This is a small statuette of Pharaoh Ramesses II and a goddess made of carnelian. Both the goddesses Hathor and Isis are mentioned in the inscription on the back pillar. The piece is inscribed in two columns of... More
Egyptian - Goddess and Ramesses II - Walters 42223 - Top
This is a small statuette of Pharaoh Ramesses II and a goddess made of carnelian. Both the goddesses Hathor and Isis are mentioned in the inscription on the back pillar. The piece is inscribed in two columns of... More
Egyptian - Goddess and Ramesses II - Walters 42223
This is a small statuette of Pharaoh Ramesses II and a goddess made of carnelian. Both the goddesses Hathor and Isis are mentioned in the inscription on the back pillar. The piece is inscribed in two columns of... More
Egyptian - Naturalistic Scarab - Walters 42228 - Back
Naturalistic scarabs, which exhibit a beetle-formed underside instead of a flat bottom with additional motifs, became popular in the late Third Intermediate and Late periods. They were attached to the mummy ban... More
Egyptian - Naturalistic Scarab - Walters 42228 - Bottom
Naturalistic scarabs, which exhibit a beetle-formed underside instead of a flat bottom with additional motifs, became popular in the late Third Intermediate and Late periods. They were attached to the mummy ban... More
Egyptian - Naturalistic Scarab - Walters 42228 - Right
Naturalistic scarabs, which exhibit a beetle-formed underside instead of a flat bottom with additional motifs, became popular in the late Third Intermediate and Late periods. They were attached to the mummy ban... More
Egyptian - Necklace - Walters 571515 - Detail A
This (restrung) necklace consists of biconical carnelian beads, beads of rolled strips of sheet gold, and ten amulets. The rooster and couchant animal at either end of the necklace, cast of a pale yellow metal,... More
Egyptian - Necklace - Walters 571515 - Detail B
This (restrung) necklace consists of biconical carnelian beads, beads of rolled strips of sheet gold, and ten amulets. The rooster and couchant animal at either end of the necklace, cast of a pale yellow metal,... More
Egyptian - Necklace - Walters 571515 - Detail C
This (restrung) necklace consists of biconical carnelian beads, beads of rolled strips of sheet gold, and ten amulets. The rooster and couchant animal at either end of the necklace, cast of a pale yellow metal,... More
Egyptian - Necklace - Walters 571515 - Detail D
This (restrung) necklace consists of biconical carnelian beads, beads of rolled strips of sheet gold, and ten amulets. The rooster and couchant animal at either end of the necklace, cast of a pale yellow metal,... More
Egyptian - Necklace - Walters 571515 - Detail E
This (restrung) necklace consists of biconical carnelian beads, beads of rolled strips of sheet gold, and ten amulets. The rooster and couchant animal at either end of the necklace, cast of a pale yellow metal,... More
Egyptian - Necklace - Walters 571515 - Detail F
This (restrung) necklace consists of biconical carnelian beads, beads of rolled strips of sheet gold, and ten amulets. The rooster and couchant animal at either end of the necklace, cast of a pale yellow metal,... More
Egyptian - Necklace - Walters 571515 - Detail G
This (restrung) necklace consists of biconical carnelian beads, beads of rolled strips of sheet gold, and ten amulets. The rooster and couchant animal at either end of the necklace, cast of a pale yellow metal,... More
Egyptian - Necklace - Walters 571515 - Detail H
This (restrung) necklace consists of biconical carnelian beads, beads of rolled strips of sheet gold, and ten amulets. The rooster and couchant animal at either end of the necklace, cast of a pale yellow metal,... More
Egyptian - Necklace - Walters 571515 - Detail I
This (restrung) necklace consists of biconical carnelian beads, beads of rolled strips of sheet gold, and ten amulets. The rooster and couchant animal at either end of the necklace, cast of a pale yellow metal,... More
Egyptian - Necklace - Walters 571515 - Detail J
This (restrung) necklace consists of biconical carnelian beads, beads of rolled strips of sheet gold, and ten amulets. The rooster and couchant animal at either end of the necklace, cast of a pale yellow metal,... More
Egyptian - Plaque with Request for the Support of Re - Walters 4278 (2...
This symmetrical long-oval placque has a single sided, vertically arranged inscription with column writing requesting the special support of Re. The plaque is good and carefully made, but the inscription is rou... More
Egyptian - Plaque with Request for the Support of Re - Walters 4278 - ...
This symmetrical long-oval placque has a single sided, vertically arranged inscription with column writing requesting the special support of Re. The plaque is good and carefully made, but the inscription is rou... More
Egyptian - Plaque with Request for the Support of Re - Walters 4278 - ...
This symmetrical long-oval placque has a single sided, vertically arranged inscription with column writing requesting the special support of Re. The plaque is good and carefully made, but the inscription is rou... More
Egyptian - Scarab of Neferu-Re - Walters 4256 - Bottom
The ancient Egyptians believed that the dung beetle, the Scarabaeus sacer, was one of the manifestations of the sun god. Representations of these beetles were used as amulets, and for ritual or administrative p... More
Egyptian - Scarab of Neferu-Re - Walters 4256 - Left Profile
The ancient Egyptians believed that the dung beetle, the Scarabaeus sacer, was one of the manifestations of the sun god. Representations of these beetles were used as amulets, and for ritual or administrative p... More
Egyptian - Scarab of Neferu-Re - Walters 4256 - Right Profile
The ancient Egyptians believed that the dung beetle, the Scarabaeus sacer, was one of the manifestations of the sun god. Representations of these beetles were used as amulets, and for ritual or administrative p... More
Egyptian - Scarab of Neferu-Re - Walters 4256 - Top
The ancient Egyptians believed that the dung beetle, the Scarabaeus sacer, was one of the manifestations of the sun god. Representations of these beetles were used as amulets, and for ritual or administrative p... More
Egyptian - Scarab Ring Bezel - Walters 42187 - Back
On the base of this carnelian scarab a sphinx wearing a royal war crown reclines over the body of a fallen enemy.
Egyptian - Scarab Ring Bezel - Walters 42187 - Bottom
On the base of this carnelian scarab a sphinx wearing a royal war crown reclines over the body of a fallen enemy.
Egyptian - Scarab Ring Bezel - Walters 42187 - Right
On the base of this carnelian scarab a sphinx wearing a royal war crown reclines over the body of a fallen enemy.
Egyptian - Snake's Head - Walters 42357 - Bottom
Snake's head pendants were common amulets in the New Kingdom, and were usually attached to a necklace. They should protect its owner in this life and the after life. For a similar pendant see Walters 42.356.
Egyptian - Snake's Head - Walters 42357 - Left
Snake's head pendants were common amulets in the New Kingdom, and were usually attached to a necklace. They should protect its owner in this life and the after life. For a similar pendant see Walters 42.356.
Egyptian - Snake's Head - Walters 42357 - Right
Snake's head pendants were common amulets in the New Kingdom, and were usually attached to a necklace. They should protect its owner in this life and the after life. For a similar pendant see Walters 42.356.
Egyptian - Snake's Head - Walters 42357 - Top
Snake's head pendants were common amulets in the New Kingdom, and were usually attached to a necklace. They should protect its owner in this life and the after life. For a similar pendant see Walters 42.356.
Egyptian - Snake's Head Pendant with Necklace - Walters 42356 - Bottom
Snake head pendants should protect its owner (living or deceased) from outside dangers. They were particularly popular in the New Kingdom. This pendant is part of a necklace of ovoid beads. The beads seem to be... More
Egyptian - Snake's Head Pendant with Necklace - Walters 42356 - Left
Snake head pendants should protect its owner (living or deceased) from outside dangers. They were particularly popular in the New Kingdom. This pendant is part of a necklace of ovoid beads. The beads seem to be... More
Egyptian - Snake's Head Pendant with Necklace - Walters 42356 - Right
Snake head pendants should protect its owner (living or deceased) from outside dangers. They were particularly popular in the New Kingdom. This pendant is part of a necklace of ovoid beads. The beads seem to be... More
Egyptian - Snake's Head Pendant with Necklace - Walters 42356 - Top
Snake head pendants should protect its owner (living or deceased) from outside dangers. They were particularly popular in the New Kingdom. This pendant is part of a necklace of ovoid beads. The beads seem to be... More
Egyptian - Tilapia Fish - Walters 42196 - Left
Fish were not only a major staple in the diet of the ancient Egyptians, but many species were also related to gods. This exceptional fish pendant depicts a "Tilapia nilotica," a common species in the Nile. It w... More
Egyptian - Tilapia Fish - Walters 42196 - Right
Fish were not only a major staple in the diet of the ancient Egyptians, but many species were also related to gods. This exceptional fish pendant depicts a "Tilapia nilotica," a common species in the Nile. It w... More
Egyptian - Tilapia Fish - Walters 42196 - Three Quarter Back
Fish were not only a major staple in the diet of the ancient Egyptians, but many species were also related to gods. This exceptional fish pendant depicts a "Tilapia nilotica," a common species in the Nile. It w... More
Egyptian carnelian necklace
Carnelian, limestone, and quartz necklace at the Museum of Fine Arts. From Egypt (Zawyet el'Aryan), dating back to about 2960–2649 B.C.
Carnelian intaglio Prolemaic queen CdM Paris
Carnelian intaglio with a Ptolemaic queen holding a sceptre, early 1st century BC; gold, garnet,emerald and glass paste mount, 1724. Français : Intaille en cornaline représentant une reine ptolémaïque tenant ... More
Amulet of an Unidentified Animal LACMA M.80.200.35
Jewelry and Adornments; amulets Sard or carnelian (carved in the round) 7/8 x 3/8 in. (2.22 x .95 cm) Anonymous gift (M.80.200.35) Egyptian Art
Amulet of a Hare LACMA M.80.200.54
Jewelry and Adornments; amulets Carnelian (carved in the round) 5/8 x 1/2 in. (1.58 x 1.27 cm) Anonymous gift (M.80.200.54) Egyptian Art
Necklace LACMA M.91.200.2
Jewelry and Adornments Carnelian, faience Length: 16 1/2 in. (41.9 cm), plus pendant 3/4 in. (2 cm) Gift of Mrs. Lillian Apodaca Weiner (M.91.200.2) Egyptian Art