Jewelry chest of Sithathoryunet
Dynasty 12, reign of Senwosret II - Amenemhat III (ca. 1887-1813 BCE)
Ivory, gold, carnelian (restored: copper-alloy knobs, silver, faience, one carnelian inlay, and all the wood)
From El-Lahun, tomb 8, chamber E; Egyptian Research Account and British School of Archaelogy in Egypt excavations, 1914
Purchase, Rogers Fund and Henry Walters Gift, 1916, MMA 16.1.1
Side view showing the shaped lid...
As I am short, I missed this perspective showing four emblems of the goddess Hathor. (Museum photo)
Fortunately, I did photograph a few of those other items: |
Pair of Broad Bracelets of Sithathoryunet Dynasty 12, reign of Senwosret II - Amenemhat III (ca. 1887-1813 BCE) Egypt, Fayum Entrance Area, el-Lahun (Illahun, Kahun; Ptolemais Hormos), Tomb of Sithathoryunet (BSA Tomb 8), Chamber E, box 1, Egyptian Research Account and British School of Archaelogy excavations, 1914 Gold, carnelian, turquoise, green (now white) paste, circum. 12.5 cm (4 15/16 in); l. of clasps 8 cm (3 1/8 in); l. of bars 8.1 cm (3 3/16 in) Purchase, Rogers Fund and Henry Walters Gift, 1916, MMA 16.1.8 and MMA 16.1.9 "The bar with the name of Amenemhat III slides into two grooved end pieces."
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