Furniture Knob with Name of Tut-ankh-amun

Place of OriginEgypt

Date1347-1338 BCE

DimensionsH: 1 1/4 in. (3.3 cm) ; Max Diam: 2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm)

MediumBlue Egyptian faience.

ClassificationSculpture

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1925.646

Not on View

Comparative ReferencesSee also Desroches-Nobelcourt, C., Tutankhamen, New York, 1963, esp. p. 59 (coffer); p. 80, pl. XVI ("the painted box"); p. 86, fig. 44 (a small coffer); p. 107, pl. XXIII b. (a coffer); p. 184, fig. 106 (a wig box); p. 203, fig. 123 (terminal of a fan's handle); p. 211, pl. XLIII (an unguent jar); p. 232, pl. XLIXa (a coffer); p. 234, pl. L (a cabinet).

cf. Reeves, N., The Complete Tutankhamun, London, 1990, esp. p. 30 and "Boxes and Chests," pp. 188-193.