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File:Cowrie Shell Girdle of Sithathoryunet MET DP348611.jpg

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English: Cowrie Shell Girdle of Sithathoryunet   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Title
English: Cowrie Shell Girdle of Sithathoryunet
Description
English: Girdle, Sithathoryunet
Date
English: circa 1887
date QS:P571,+1887-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
–1813 B.C.
  • Period: Middle Kingdom
  • Dynasty: Dynasty 12
  • Reign: reign of Senwosret II–Amenemhat III
Medium
English: Gold, carnelian, feldspar, pellets of copper-silver alloy
Dimensions
English: L. 84.3 cm (33 3/16 in.) L. (cowrie) 4.7 cm (1 7/8 in.)
institution QS:P195,Q160236
Current location
Egyptian Art
Accession number
16.1.5
Place of discovery
English: From Egypt, Fayum Entrance Area, Lahun, Tomb of Sithathoryunet (BSA Tomb 8), Chamber E, box 1, BSAE excavations 1914
Credit line
English: Purchase, Rogers Fund and Henry Walters Gift, 1916
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https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/545533

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Cowrie Shell Girdle of Sithathoryunet, detail showing one gold cowrie shell and acacia beads. (MET, 16.1.5)

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