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Egyptian pectoral

Object/Work 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 Terms:
           costume
           jewelry
           decorative arts
           Egyptian art
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Titles or Names Text: Pectoral with the Name of Senwosret II
    Preference: preferred
    Type: repository
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Creation Creator Description: unknown ancient Egyptian Free text
  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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Style/Period/ Group/Movement Indexing Term: Middle Kingdom (Egyptian) Authority
Measurements Dimensions Description: length of pectoral, excluding necklace: 8.3 cm (3 1/4 inches) Free text
  Dimensions Extent: pectoral
Value:
8.3 Unit: cm Type: height
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Materials and Techniques Description: gold, carnelian, feldspar, garnet, and turquoise; cloisonné Free text
  Material Names:  
         gold  
         carnelian  
         feldspar 
         garnet 
         turquoise
Technique Name: cloisonné
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Inscriptions/Marks 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] Free text
Subject Matter 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 Archeological Context-Discovery/Excavation Place: Al Lahun (Upper Egypt region, Egypt) Authority
Descriptive Note 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. Free text
  Citation: Metropolitan Museum of Art online
Page: accessed 24 July 2005
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Current Location 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