amulet

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Object Type
Museum number: 1894,1101.572
Description: Glazed composition (faience) amulet in form of hand with thumb clenched between fingers; mould-made and covered with a blue glaze; perforated for suspension.
Cultures/periods: Cypro-Archaic (?); Cypro-Classical (?); Phoenician (?)
Production date: 750BC-300BC
Production place: Made in: Phoenicia (?); Made in: Cyprus (?)
Excavator/field collector
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot: Amathus, Site E, tomb 240
Materials
Technique: mould-made; glazed
Dimensions: Length: 2 centimetres
Bibliographic references
Location: On display (G72/dc9)
Subjects
Acquisition name
Funder name
Acquisition date: 1894
Department: Greek and Roman
Registration number: 1894,1101.572

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