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| Object Number: | 29-70-19 |
| Current Location: | Collections storage |
| Provenience: | Egypt Mit-Rahineh |
| Locus: | 200.20 c. 4 metres above Merenptah in centre of trench N edge |
| Period: | Late Period Twenty-Sixth Dynasty |
| Date Made: | 570 - 526 BC |
| Early Date: | -571 |
| Late Date: | -525 |
| Section: | Egyptian |
| Materials: | Gold Chalcedony |
| Technique: | Cast |
| Iconography: | Sekhmet Cowrie Shell Pomegranate |
| Length: | 37cm |
| Width: | 4.4cm |
| Depth: | 1.5cm |
| Credit Line: | The Eckley B. Coxe Jr. Expedition to Mit-Rahineh (Memphis), Egypt, 1915-1920 |
| Other Number | M6253 - Field No SF J303 - Cast Number |
Description
String of 30 gold cowrie shell-shaped beads, one gold pomegranate shaped bead with granulation, and two large barrel-shaped beads, one gold and one chalcedony. Cast gold pendant of the goddess Sekhmet standing, with her hands at her sides.
Current & Past Exhibitions:
| Searching for Ancient Egypt: (1997 - 1997) | View Objects in Exhibition | |
| Amarna: Ancient Egypt's Place in the Sun (12 Nov 2006) | View Objects in Exhibition | |
| Magnificent Objects (06 May 2004 - Mar 2005) | View Objects in Exhibition |
Bibliography:
| [Book] Wegner, Josef W. & Wegner, Jennifer H. 2015. The Sphinx That Traveled To Philadelphia. 239. : Page/Fig./Plate: 133/6.36a,b | View Objects related to this Bibliographic Reference | |
| [Book] Silverman, David P. 1997. Searching for Ancient Egypt: Art, Architecture and Artifacts from the University of Pennsylvania Museum. : Page/Fig./Plate: 58-59 | View Objects related to this Bibliographic Reference | |
| [Book] Silverman, David P. 1997. Searching for Ancient Egypt: Art, Architecture and Artifacts from the University of Pennsylvania Museum. : Page/Fig./Plate: 58-59 | View Objects related to this Bibliographic Reference |
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