Gold Necklace (Dendera Treasure Hoards)

A Ptolemaic Gold Necklace (Dendera Treasure Hoards)
A Ptolemaic Gold Necklace (Dendera Treasure Hoards)
 

GEM Number

2589

Collection

Main Galleries

Period

Graeco-Roman

Description

A Ptolemaic gold necklace discovered at Dendera in 1914. It is made of a thin gold wire carrying eight gold beads and a small thin gold naos (shrine). The naos is joined to the wire by a large ring made using the same folded gold leaf. The Theban triad consisting of Amun, Mut and Khonsu are pictured in the naos.  

Region
Upper Egypt
Area
Qena

Height

13.5 cm

Width

1 cm

Length

11 cm

Diameter

11 cm