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Large wig rings of Sithathoryunet

Middle Kingdom
ca. 1887–1813 B.C.
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 111
Two boxes in the jewelry niche of Sithathoryunet's tomb seem to have held her ceremonial wigs. The wooden boxes and hair had completely decomposed, but 1,251 gold rings in two sizes that had decorated one of the wigs were preserved. They have been placed on a modern wig in an arrangement suggested by a wooden head that the Metropolitan Museum excavated at Lisht, another Middle Kingdom royal cemetery. A gold crown and a pectoral with the name of Amenemhat III, both in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo, were packed in the same box with the ornamented wig.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Large wig rings of Sithathoryunet
  • Period: Middle Kingdom
  • Dynasty: Dynasty 12
  • Reign: reign of Senwosret II–Amenemhat III
  • Date: ca. 1887–1813 B.C.
  • Geography: From Egypt, Fayum Entrance Area, Lahun, Tomb of Sithathoryunet (BSA Tomb 8), BSAE excavations 1914
  • Medium: Gold
  • Dimensions: Diam. 0.9 cm (3/8 in)
  • Credit Line: Purchase, Rogers Fund and Henry Walters Gift, 1916
  • Object Number: 16.1.25
  • Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art

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