Friday, February 14, 2025

Valentine’s Day

[Amulet in the shape of a heart. From Egypt, 18th Dynasty, second half, ca. 1400–1295 BCE. 3 cm × 2.1 cm. (1 3/16″ × 13/16″.) Gift of Helen Miller Gould, 1910. Metropolitan Museum of Art. From the online collection. Click for a larger view.]

comments: 2

Tororo said...

Heartfelt thanks for this picture of a beautiful thing!

Michael Leddy said...

Happy to share it. Plenty of amulets still in the Met.