Collar
31-27-303
Location: On Display in the Ancient Egypt: Discovery to Display
From: Egypt | Meydum
Curatorial Section: Egyptian
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Object Number
31-27-303
Current Location
Ancient Egypt: Discovery to Display - On Display
Provenience
Egypt | Meydum
Locus
Tomb 314
Period
Middle Kingdom | Twelfth Dynasty
Date Made
1980-1630 BCE
Section
Egyptian
Materials
Faience
Iconography
Falcon Head
Description
Faience broad collar (wesekh) made with six alternating rows of blue and black tubular beads and a final row of teardrop beads. The ends of the collar are decorated with falcon-headed terminals.
Length
43.2 cm
Width
33 cm
Depth
7.6 cm
Credit Line
The Eckley B. Coxe Jr. Expedition to Meydum; Alan Rowe, 1931
Other Number
30-2-165A - Field No SF
Current & Past Exhibitions
Bibliography
Dorling Kindersley Limited. History of the World in 1,000 Objects . London: Dorling Kindersley Limited, 2014. Page/Fig./Plate: 30,31
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Quick, Jennifer. Magnificent Objects from the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
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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: 264/87
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The Artifacts of Ancient Egypt . National Museum of History, Republic of China, 1985. Page/Fig./Plate: 116View related objects
Ranke, Hermann. "A Guide to the Egyptian Collections ." The University Museum Bulletin 15, no. 2-3. (1950): 21-109. See: p. 81, fig. 49
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