Rosettes

Period:: New Kingdom

Dynasty:: Dynasty 18

Reign:: reign of Thutmose III

Date:: ca. 1479–1425 B.C.

Geography:: From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Wadi Gabbanat el-Qurud, Wadi D, Tomb of the 3 Foreign Wives of Thutmose III

Medium:: Gold, gesso, carnelian, jasper, glass

Credit Line:: Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1966

Accession Number:: 66.2.1

Not on view

Purchased with items believed to be from the Tomb of Three Foreign Wives of Thutmose III found during World War I. The finds from the tomb had been purchased by the museum in almost their entirety by 1926. These elements were purchased in 1966 from Ernst Kofler, Lucerne. See Christine Lilyquist, The Tomb of Three Foreign Wives of Tuthmosis III, 2003, Cat. 114.

Lilyquist, Christine 2003. The Tomb of Three Foreign Wives of Tuthmosis III. 2003. New York, pp. 119, 122–25, fig. 91f; pp. 164–67, no. 114; p. 227, figs. 158–59; pp. 253, 287, 333, 337, 352.

Timelines
Egypt, 2000-1000 B.C.

The Tomb of Three Foreign Wives of Tuthmosis III

Department

Egyptian Art (27,137)

Object Type / Material

Geographic Location

Date / Era

2000–1000 B.C. (20,102)

Ensemble of Rosettes

Artist: Date: ca. 1479–1425 B.C.
Accession Number: 26.8.117a Date: ca. 1479–1425 B.C. Medium: Gold, gesso, carnelian, jasper, transparent crizzled glass, opaque turquoise glass Accession: 26.8.117a On view in:Not on view

Cuff Bracelets Decorated with Cats

Artist: Date: ca. 1479–1425 B.C.
Accession Number: 26.8.121a Date: ca. 1479–1425 B.C. Medium: Gold, carnelian, lapis-lazuli, turquoise glass Accession: 26.8.121a On view in:Gallery 118

Objects from Theban Tomb MMA 840

Artist: Date: ca. 1850–1550 B.C.
Accession Number: 13.180.1–.20-related Date: ca. 1850–1550 B.C. Medium: Electrum, carnelian, amethyst, lapis lazuli, turquoise Accession: 13.180.1–.20-related On view in:Gallery 109

Jewelry of the Child Myt

Artist: Date: ca. 2051–2030 B.C.
Accession Number: 22.3.320–.324-related Date: ca. 2051–2030 B.C. Medium: Gold, carnelian, silver, glass, blue paste, feldspar, amethyst, jasper, rock crystal, resin, linen twine, leather Accession: 22.3.320–.324-related On view in:Gallery 105

Rosettes

Artist: Date: ca. 1550–1295 B.C.
Accession Number: 26.8.117b Date: ca. 1550–1295 B.C. Medium: Gold, gesso, carnelian, jasper, glass Accession: 26.8.117b On view in:Gallery 117