Object Number | 29-66-813 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Egypt | Dendereh |
Locus | 13:098 C/11 |
Period | Middle Kingdom | Twelfth Dynasty | Senwosret I |
Date Made | 1917-1872 BCE |
Section | Egyptian |
Materials | Amethyst | Carnelian |
Inscription Language | Hieroglyphic |
Description | Necklace composed of round amethyst and carnelian beads, one lozenge shaped carnelian bead, one disc shaped carnelian bead, one scarab shaped amethyst bead and 3 ovoid amethyst beads which are inscribed. 91 total beads. Necklace found was - long string of amethyst and carnelian ball beads, around neck and reaching to waist, containing 4 large lenticular beads with cartouche of Senwosret I. Note: - One half of necklace, including 2 of the large inscribed amethyst, to Cairo Museum. |
Length | 37 cm |
Width | 4.4 cm |
Depth | 1.59 cm |
Credit Line | The Eckley B. Coxe Jr. Expedition to Dendereh, Egypt; Clarence Stanley Fisher, 1915-1923 |
Other Number | D 1019 - Field No SF |
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