Necklace with Ornaments and Pendant

Necklace with Ornaments and Pendant
Necklace with Ornaments and Pendant
 

GEM Number

2555

Collection

Main Galleries

Period

Graeco-Roman

Description

A Ptolemaic golden necklace discovered at Dendera in 1914. The necklace is made of a solid gold wire with fourteen ornaments and closes at each end by a hook. The central pendant is a large gold plaque whose upper corners are rounded. The bottom of the plaque is folded back, giving it a little more rigidity. On the plaque, Horus the Child wears a double crown, holds an ankh sign (life) in his left hand and a sistrum (symbol of goddess Hathor) in his right hand. On each side of this plaque is strung a series of objects, six on one side, seven on the other. They include: two wadjet eyes, five figures of the god Bes and five spherical beads decorated with small circles.

Region
Upper Egypt
Area
Qena

Height

21 cm

Width

1.5 cm

Length

15 cm

Diameter

14.5 cm