Cowrie Shell Girdle of Sithathoryunet

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Cultural Context

Date

ca. 1887–1813 B.C.

Source

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Metropolitan Museum of Art Object Description

Girdle, Sithathoryunet

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Title

Cowrie Shell Girdle of Sithathoryunet

Creator

Worktype

Cultural Context

Material

Gold, carnelian, feldspar, pellets of copper-silver alloy

Dimensions

L. 84.3 cm (33 3/16 in.) L. (cowrie) 4.7 cm (1 7/8 in.)

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Date

ca. 1887–1813 B.C.

Provenance

Purchase, Rogers Fund and Henry Walters Gift, 1916

Style Period

Middle Kingdom

Rights

Public Domain

Inscription

Location

Tomb of Sithathoryunet (BSA Tomb 8), Chamber E, box 1, BSAE excavations 1914, Lahun, Fayum Entrance Area, Egypt

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Cowrie Shell Girdle of Sithathoryunet, ca. 1887–1813 B.C., Metropolitan Museum of Art. Public Domain.

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