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| Keywords: Egyptian - Amulet with the Names of Amenophis III and Queen Tiye - Walters 4267 - Right.jpg This symmetrically carved long oval plaque has sunk relief inscriptions on both the front and back of the piece The front has the throne name of Amenophis III 1388-1351/1350 BC The reverse lists the name and royal title of the Queen Tiye The workmanship on the piece is good and it is simply made The plaque functioned as a individualized amulet and was originally mounted probably as part of a finger ring The amulet should secure the special role of Queen Tiye and assure the royal patronage of king and queen for its owner In addition it is likely that this royal couple were considered to be successful mediators to the gods especially to Amun-Re There are many examples of plaques and scarabs with the names Amenophis III and his wife Tiye found in and outside of Egypt The possibility of reading the throne name as an Amun's trigram increases the magical value of the amulet between 1388 1351 BC New Kingdom light beige-brown steatite with blue glaze cm 0 5 1 1 5 accession number 42 67 1920 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters Translation On front throne name of King Amenhotep III without cartouche Neb-Maat-Re place of origin Egypt Walters Art Museum license Ancient Egyptian plaques in the Walters Art Museum Ancient Egyptian amulets in the Walters Art Museum Tiye 4267 number | ||||
