Egyptian Broad Collar in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, November 2010

Title: Broad Collar

Period: New Kingdom

Dynasty: Dynasty 18

Reign: reign of Thutmose III

Date: ca. 1479–1425 B.C.

Geography: Egypt, Upper Egypt; Thebes, Wadi Gabbanat el-Qurud, Tomb of the 3 Foreign Wives of Thutmose III, Wadi D, Tomb 1

Medium: Gold, carnelian, glass

Dimensions: H 24 cm (9 7/16 in); w. 38 cm (14 15/16 in)

Credit Line: Fletcher Fund, 1926

Accession Number: 26.8.59a

Description:

By the New Kingdom, broad collar necklaces were the most frequently worn pieces of jewelry among the royalty and elite in ancient Egypt. This necklace belonged to one of three foreign wives of Thutmose III. The king's name is inscribed on the backs of the falcon-headed terminals indicating that it was a gift from him to his wife.

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