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View full screenOyster shell (Pinctada margaritifera) pectoral incised with the cartouche of King Amenemhat II, with two pierced holes for suspension: Ancient Egyptian, Upper Egypt, el-Salmiya, 12th Dynasty, c.1922 - 1878 BC
A.1951.322
Egypt, Northern Africa
12th Dynasty, Middle Kingdom, Ancient Egyptian
12th Dynasty, Middle Kingdom, Ancient Egyptian
el-Salmiya, Upper Egypt, Egypt, Northern Africa
Amenemhet II
Hilton Price Collection
Collector: Hilton Price, Frederick George, 1842 - 1909
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
Aldred, Cyril, 'A pearl shell disk of Ammenemes II', Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 38 (1952), pp.130-132. https://www.jstor.org/stable/3855506?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents
Mekawy Ouda, Ahmed, 'Egyptian Middle Kingdom Oyster Shells with Royal Names: Function, Chronology and Gender Issues', BIFAO 119, 259-272, see pp. 262 n. 15, 263 n. 24.
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