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Catalog Level: item
Type: pectoral
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Components/Parts-Quantity: 1
Type: pectoral
Components/Parts-Quantity: 1 Type: necklace
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Classification
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Terms:
costume
jewelry
decorative arts
Egyptian art
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Titles or Names
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Text: Pectoral with the Name of Senwosret
II
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preferred
Type: repository
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Creation
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Creator Description: unknown ancient
Egyptian
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Identity: unknown ancient Egyptian
Roles: goldsmith
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Creation Date:
reigns of Senwosret II-Amenemhat III, ca. 1897- ca.
1878 BCE
Earliest:
-1907 Latest:
-1868
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Indexing Term: Middle Kingdom (Egyptian)
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Measurements
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Dimensions Description: length of
pectoral, excluding necklace: 8.3 cm (3 1/4 inches)
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Dimensions Extent: pectoral
Value: 8.3 Unit: cm Type:
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Materials and Techniques
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Description: gold, carnelian, feldspar,
garnet, and turquoise; cloisonné
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Material Names:
gold
carnelian
feldspar
garnet
turquoise
Technique Name: cloisonné
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Inscriptions/Marks
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Transcription or Description: hieroglyphic
of the design reads: [the god of the rising sun grants
life and dominion over all that the sun encircles
for one million one hundred thousand years [i.e.,
eternity] to King Khakheperre [Senwosret II]
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Subject Matter
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Indexing terms:
religion/mythology
human
figures
apparel
adornment
Senwosret
II (Egyptian king)
Sit-hathor-yunet
(Egyptian princess)
falcons
water
adornment
ankh
life
cobras
Nekhbet
(Egyptian deity)
Udjo
(Egyptian deity) Heh (Egyptian deity)
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Context
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Archeological Context-Discovery/Excavation
Place: Al Lahun (Upper Egypt region, Egypt)
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Descriptive Note
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Text: The cloisonné pectoral
is inlaid with 372 carefully cut pieces of semiprecious
stones. The focus of the pectoral is the throne name
of King Senwosret II. It was found among the jewelry
of Princess Sit-hathor-yunet in her underground tomb
beside the pyramid of Senwosret II. Jewelry worn by
royal women during the Middle Kingdom was symbolic
of concepts and myths surrounding Egyptian royalty.
Jewelry imbued a royal woman with superhuman powers
and thus enabled her to support the king in his role
as guarantor of divine order on earth.
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Citation: Metropolitan Museum of Art
online
Page: accessed 24 July 2005
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Current Location
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Repository Name/Geographic Location:
Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, New York, United
States)
Repository Number:
89.4.2631 a,b
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Revised 28 August 2006