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Holding institution:
Penn Museum
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Penn Museum
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Title:
Necklace
Date:
570 - 526 BC
-571
-525
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.Cast
Type:
Necklace
Type (Narrower):
Adornments
Type (Broader):
Object
Subject:
Sekhmet|Cowrie Shell|Pomegranate
Geographic region:
Egypt
Mit-Rahineh
Time period:
Late Period
Twenty-Sixth Dynasty
Provenance:
The Eckley B. Coxe Jr. Expedition to Mit-Rahineh (Memphis), Egypt, 1915-1920
Medium:
Gold
Chalcedony
Extent:
37
cm
4.4
Identifier:
21539
Source:
29-70-19
M6253
J303
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