499944 Frog Amulet, c.1380-1330 BC (polychrome faience) by Egyptian 18th Dynasty (c.1567-1320 BC); h:0.80 w:0.90 l:1.10 cm; Cleveland Museum of Art, OH, USA; (add.info.: The frog, because of its numerous offspring, was a symbol of fertility. In fact, the hieroglyphic sign for 100,000 was a tadpole. Frog amulets were very popular both in semiprecious stone and in faience, and were worn by women hoping for an easy delivery. Both sexes wore the frog in expectation of a successful rebirth in the afterlife. Inscribed "Nefer" (beautiful) ); Gift of Cyril and Jessica Aldred; Egyptian, out of copyright.