| Object Number |
E15789 |
| Current Location |
Collections Storage |
| Provenience |
Egypt | Sedment |
| Locus |
Tomb 254 |
| Period |
Eighteenth Dynasty | Tuthmosis III | New Kingdom |
| Date Made |
1479-1425 BCE |
| Section |
Egyptian |
| Materials |
Gold |
| Iconography |
Nefer Signs |
| Description |
Necklace composed of 50 nefer signs and small gold disk bead spacers. |
| Length |
18 cm |
| Width |
1 cm |
| Depth |
0.32 cm |
| Credit Line |
Distribution from the British School of Archaeology in Egypt, 1921 |
Current & Past Exhibitions
Bibliography
| Franzmeier, Henning. "RADIOCARBON EVIDENCE FROM NEW KINGDOM TOMBS:SEDMENT 254 AND 246." Ägypten und Levante 21. (2011): 15-29. Page/Fig./Plate: 19,27 |
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| Silverman, David P. Searching for Ancient Egypt: Art, Architecture and Artifacts from the University of Pennsylvania Museum. Cornell University Press, 1997. Page/Fig./Plate: 190-91 |
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| Merrillees, Robert S. Trade and Transcendence in the Bronze Age Levant. 39. Studies in Mediterranean Archaeology, 1974. Page/Fig./Plate: 18-19 |
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| Freed, Rita E. Egypt's Golden Age: The Art of Living in the New Kingdom, 1558-1085 BC. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1982. See: #310 |
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