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Material : Gold and Lapis Lazuli
Width : 5 . 3 Height : 5 . 5
Found in : Mit Raihina ( Memphis ) (1942)
Period : Third Intermediate Period
Reign of : Osorkon II
Dynasty: XXII
Belonged_to: Sheshonq I
Archeologist : Alexander Badawy
This stunning pendant was found in the Tomb of Sheshonq in Mit Rahina (Memphis) by the famous archeologist , Alexander Badawy in 1942 . Hathor was worshiped throughout the country; far away as Sinai and Nubia . In the Egyptian mythology , Hathor was presented as the goddess of love , music , dance , singing and beauty . Hathor was presented as the Earth mother who was called in the Coffin Text "the Primeval or the Lady of All" . She was frequently depicted as a woman with a round face and holding a musical instrument in her hand . In some depictions , Hathor is presented as a cow and other times as a woman with the head of a cow and the striped three-part wig . Another attractive form of Hathor is the one where she is depicted as a complete woman with a couple of horns holding the solar disk between them over her head with her ears sticking out .
Embellished with thin gold sheets , this lapis lazuli pendant depicts the head of goddess wearing a striped triple wig gracefully falling down her shoulders . With her wide ears sticking out , she has the face of a celestial cow with the typical broad nostrils and large eyes . She gives a faint smile with her graceful lips . The beauty of her eyes and eyebrows are highlighted with the thin gold sheets applied to them . This is further strengthened with the contrast made by the fine chromatic contrast between the color of the eyes' eyeballs and background . Over her hair , she wears a simple flared modius .
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