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Material : Gold , Carnelian , Feldspar , and Glass Paste
Found in : Hawara , Pyramid of Princess Neferuptah (1894)
Period : MIDDLE KINGDOM
Reign of : Amenemhet III
Dynasty: XII
Belonged_to: Princess Neferuptah
Archeologist : J . DE MORGAN
This necklace is one of the treasures discovered in the tomb of Princess Neferuptah , daughter of Amenemhat III , at Hawara . This attractive collar is made of six strings of carnelian and feldspar beads and a row of drop-shaped motifs in the lower edge . The clasp of the collar is also shaped as a falcon head with some rows of brightly colored cylindrical beads . The falcon head in this necklace is used to show that the deceased would be protected by the god-falcon Horus in the hereafter .
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