Heart Amulet
Heart Amulet
Place of OriginEgypt
Date18th Dynasty (1550-1292 BCE), about 1400 to 1350 BCE
DimensionsH: 3/4 in. (1.9 cm); W: 5/8 in. (1.7 cm); Depth: 1/4 in. (0.7 cm)
MediumGlass; core-fused polychrome, rod formed, applied collar, lugs, and marvered threads.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1980.651
Not on View
DescriptionHeart amulet. Opaque medium blue ground with opaque yellow decoration. Heart-shaped, with two flattened but slightly convex sides; two tiny upright lugs, one on either side; at the top, an opaque yellow collar. A longitudinal threadhole pierces the amulet. Several marvered opaque yellow threads tooled into a chevron pattern with rounded ends.
Published ReferencesGrose, David F., Early Ancient Glass: Core-formed, Rod-Formed, and Cast Vessels and Objects from the Late Bronze Age to the Early Roman Empire, 1600 B.C. to A.D. 50, New York, Hudson Hills Press in association with the Toledo Museum of Art, 1989, cat. no. 22, p. 64, repr. (col.) p. 43.18th Dynasty (1550-1292 BCE), about 1400 to 1350 BCE
2nd through mid-1st century BCE
2nd through mid-1st century BCE
2nd through mid-1st century BCE
Probably 8th century BCE
5th-4th century BCE, possibly later
Late 18th or 19th Century (1400-1225 BCE)
Late 6th through 5th century BCE
18th Dynasty (1550-1292 BCE), about 1400-1350 BCE
18th Dynasty (1550-1292 BCE), about 1400-1350 BCE
2nd through mid-1st century BCE
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