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Source Description
This lively frog carefully carved from a piece of green stone is pierced lengthwise through the base. It may have served as a bezel for a ring or as a pendant on a necklace. Frogs were seen as animals which are related to fertility and creation.
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Document identity
localId
27019
label
Frog Amulet
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obj
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object
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Source metadata
id
27019
sourceUrl
contentType
object
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normalized
title
Frog Amulet
description
This lively frog carefully carved from a piece of green stone is pierced lengthwise through the base. It may have served as a bezel for a ring or as a pendant on a necklace. Frogs were seen as animals which are related to fertility and creation.
provenance
Collection of Lord Carmichael of Skirling [a few miles north of Biggar, Scotland] [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Antiquities of the Collection of the Late Lord Carmichael of Skirling Sale, Sotheby and Company, London, June 9, 1926, lot 244 (78); Joseph Brummer, Paris and New York, 1926, by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1927, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1550-1186 BCE (New Kingdom, Dynasty 18-19)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Precious Stones & Gems
amulets
bezels
pendants
figurine
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5
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5
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
1.2
height
1.2
depth
1.8
dimensionsRaw
H: 1/2 x W: 1/2 x D: 11/16 in. (1.2 x 1.2 x 1.8 cm)
Source extras
cul
Egyptian
dynasty
18th-19th Dynasty
med
green stone, probably jasper
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6182
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EGY
JWL
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2513
3193
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