Necklace with Pectoral in the Name of Amenemhat III

The Egyptian Museum: Floor 2 Hall 4


Material : Gold , Carnelian , Turquoise , and Lapis Lazuli
Width : 10 . 5 Height : 7 . 9
Found in : Dashur , Funerary Complex of Senusret III Tomb of Princess Mereret (1894)
Period : Middle Kingdom
Reign of : Amenemhet III
Dynasty: XII
Belonged_to: Mereret
Archeologist : J . DE MORGAN
This luxuriously decorated necklace was discovered among the treasures of the Tomb of Mereret , daughter of Senusret III . It was presented to the princess by her brother Amenemhat III who is depicted on the pectoral .

The pectoral of this gold necklace is admired for its monumental design and its brightly colored paintings over it . Amenemhat III is portrayed brandishing his sward and torturing an Asiatic Bedouin of his enemies . The two depictions of the pharaoh facing each other are surmounted with a vulture with spread wings as a sign for the protection of goddess Nekhbet for him .

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