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Material : Gold and Amethyst
Found in : Dahshur , Funerary Complex of Senusret III , Tomb of Princess Mereret (1894)
Period : Middle Kingdom
Reign of : Senusert I
Dynasty: XII
Belonged_to: Mereret
Archeologist : J . DE MORGAN
This original anklet was discovered in the Tomb of Mereret in Dahshur among many other jewels and girdles . It consists of two rows of small gold and amethyst beads and two talon-shaped pendants . This talon was placed in these items for protective purposes and there are numerous examples for it discovered in the Pharaonic tombs .
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