Knob with the name of Horemheb

Artist Unidentified

Period New Kingdom Period (Ancient Egyptian, 1550–1070 BCE)

Place of OriginEgypt

Date1347-1338 BCE

Dimensions11/16 × 2 1/8 in. (1.7 × 5.4 cm)

MediumEgyptian faience

ClassificationJewelry

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1906.200

Not on View

DescriptionInlaid designs.

Published References(Godwin, Blake More and Molly Ohl Godwin), Catalogue of Egyptian Antiquities, Toledo Museum of Art, 1917, p. 22, no. 200.

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.