Collar
| Object Number: | 31-27-303 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: |
Ancient Egypt: Discovery to Display Currently On Display |
| Provenience: | Egypt Meydum |
| Locus: | Tomb 314 |
| Period: | Middle Kingdom Twelfth Dynasty |
| Date Made: | 1980-1630 BCE |
| Early Date: | -1980 |
| Late Date: | -1630 |
| Section: | Egyptian |
| Materials: | Faience |
| Iconography: | Falcon Head |
| Length: | 43.2 cm |
| Width: | 33 cm |
| Depth: | 7.6 cm |
| Credit Line: | The Eckley B. Coxe Jr. Expedition to Meydum; Alan Rowe, 1931 |
| Other Number: | 30-2-165A - Field No SF |
Description
Faience broad collar (wesekh) made with six alternating rows of blue and black tubular beads and a final row of teardrop beads. The ends of the collar are decorated with falcon-headed terminals.
Current & Past Exhibitions:
| Magnificent Objects (06 May 2004 - Mar 2005) | View Objects in Exhibition |
| Searching for Ancient Egypt: (1997 - 1997) | View Objects in Exhibition |
| Ancient Egypt: Discovery to Display (23 Feb 2019) | View Objects in Exhibition |
| Five Thousand Years of Vanity (06 Jan 1944 - 28 Feb 1944) | View Objects in Exhibition |
| Discovering the Past: Highlights from the University Museum (IBM) (20 Jun 1989 - 20 Aug 1989) | View Objects in Exhibition |
Bibliography:
| [Book] Dorling Kindersley Limited. 2014. History of the World in 1,000 Objects.. London. Dorling Kindersley Limited. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: 30,31 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Book] Silverman, David P. 1997. Searching for Ancient Egypt: Art, Architecture and Artifacts from the University of Pennsylvania Museum.. Cornell University Press. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: 264/87 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Book] 1985. The Artifacts of Ancient Egypt.. National Museum of History, Republic of China. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: 116 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Book] Quick, Jennifer. 2004. Magnificent Objects from the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.. Philadelphia. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. ed. 1st. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 104, fig. 93 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Article] Ranke, Hermann. 1950. "A Guide to the Egyptian Collections". The University Museum Bulletin. Philadelphia. The University Museum. Vol. 15. no. 2-3. pg. 21-109 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: fig. 49 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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