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Material : Gold , Turquoise , Lapis Lazuli , Carnelian
Found in : Dahshur , Funerary Complex of Senusret III , Tomb of Uret (1994-1995)
Period : Middle Kingdom
Reign of : Senusert III
Dynasty: XII
Belonged_to: Uret
Excavation : The Metropolitan Museum of Art
This belt is one of the funerary objects that were discovered in the Tomb of Queen Uret , the mother or pharaoh Sesostris III . It is a good example for the belts used during the Middle Kingdom and is made of small beads of carnelian , turquoise , gold , and lapis lazuli . Of specian interest in this belt are the gold cowry shell- shaped beads , amulet for increasing the female fertility in ancient Egypt .
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