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Bead with a chased cartouche
Egyptian
New Kingdom, Dynasty 18
1550–1295 B.C.
Object Place: Egypt
Medium/Technique
Gold
Dimensions
Overall: 2.2 cm (7/8 in.)
Credit Line
By exchange with the Peabody Museum, Harvard
Accession Number44.36
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsJewelry, Ancient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Beads
DescriptionHollow gold oval (scaraboid) with double transverse holes for attachment. In the center of the decoration is the cartouche, or oval ring, with the prenomen of King Thutmose III, which reads Men-kheper-re, between winged uraei and "ankh"-signs. Back plain, soldered on.
ProvenanceAcquired by Peabody Museum from Dr. Grant Bey, Cairo, 1887. Peabody Museum No. 45865 or 6. Exchanged by V/T January 21, 1937 and V/C January 7, 1944 with Peabody Museum, Harvard University.
(Accession Date: January 7, 1947)
(Accession Date: January 7, 1947)