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Vessels, Ingots, and Chains from the El-Tod Treasure

Middle Kingdom

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These objects belong to a large deposit of silver vessels, chains, silver and gold ingots, jewelry, and lapis lazuli pieces that were made outside Egypt, in Crete, Anatolia, and other areas of the Near East. They were ritually placed in the foundation of the Montu temple at el-Tod. The vessels were folded and all the objects carefully arranged in layers in four copper-alloy chests inscribed for King Amenemhat II. They seem to constitute an offering to the god of objects accumulated over a long period of time.

Vessels, Ingots, and Chains from the El-Tod Treasure, Silver

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Four vessels (left to right: E 15150, E 15173, E 15166, E 15144), a folded vessel (E 15190), two ingots (E 15195, E 15199), and three chains (E 15203, E 15207, E 15202).