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

Title: Broad collar of Nefer Amulets

Period: New Kingdom

Dynasty: Dynasty 18

Date: ca. 1504–1450 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, crizzled glass, Egyptian blue

Dimensions: greatest w. 31 cm (12 3/16 in.)

Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1921; Purchase, Frederick P. Huntley Bequest, 1958; Purchase, Lila Acheson Wallace Gift, 1982

Accession Number: 26.8.135a


Description:

The "nefer" hieroglyph signifies the word meaning "good" or "beautiful," so perhaps this necklace was meant to bring good wishes to the wearer. A collar of this size and craftsmanship belonged to a member of the upper class - in this case, a wife of Thutmose III.

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