Necklace

Description

Necklace consisting of eleven specimens of a Red Sea shell (Engina alveolata) tipped at one end with a gold cone, ecavated in Tomb 72, cemetery A: Ancient Egyptian, Middle Egypt, Haraga, Middle Kingdom, 12th Dynasty, c.1880-1750 BC

Museum reference

A.1914.1097

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Necklace

Production information

Unknown
Egypt, Northern Africa

Date

Middle Kingdom, Ancient Egyptian

Style / Culture

Ancient Egyptian

Materials

Shell, Gold

Collection place(s)

Haraga, Middle Egypt, Egypt, Northern Africa

Associations

Identifier of shells: D. Heppel
Red Sea, Egypt, Northern Africa

Exhibitions

• Ancient Egypt Rediscovered (08 Feb 2019)
  National Museum of Scotland

• Egyptian Gallery, 2003 - 2008 (2003 - 2008)
  Royal Scottish Museum

• Ancient Egypt (29 Jul 2011)
  National Museum of Scotland

References

Troalen, L.G., Tissot, I., Maitland, M., Guerra, M.F. (2016), ‘Jewellery of an Egyptian young girl: Middle Kingdom goldwork from Harageh tomb 72’, Historical Metallurgy 47 (2), 75-86.

On display

national museum of scotland »
level 5 »
world cultures, ancient egypt rediscovered