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Pettorale della principessa Sithathoryunet

Middle Kingdom
ca. 1887–1878 B.C.
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 111
La produzione di gioielli in Egitto raggiunse il culmine durante il Medio Regno, come si può notare in questo pettorale risalente al regno di Sesostri II, uno degli esempi più pregiati dell’epoca. Trecentosettantacinque intarsi di pietre semipreziose incastonate in oro con la tecnica cloisonné si mescolano per creare una composizione araldica incorniciata da due falconi solari che reggono i simboli shen (potere). Tra i falconi e i due geroglifici ankh (vita), appesi alle code dei cobra sulle teste dei falconi, si vede il nome di Sesostri II. Subito sotto si nota la figura del dio dell’infinito, Heh, che impugna dei fusti di palma (carattere geroglifico per “anni”) mentre un girino (carattere geroglifico per “centomila”) pende da una corda intorno al gomito.

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Object Information
  • Titolo: Pettorale della principessa Sithathoryunet
  • Periodo: Medio Regno, XII dinastia, regno di Sesostri II
  • Data: ca. 1887-1878 a.C.
  • Area geografica: Lahun, Tomba di Sithathoryunet
  • Materiale e tecnica: Oro, corniola, feldspato, granato, turchese, lapislazzuli
  • Dimensioni: Lungh. della collana 82 cm, pettorale 4,5 x 8,2 cm
  • Crediti: Acquistato, Rogers Fund e donazione di Henry Walters, 1916
  • Numero d'inventario: 16.1.3a, b
  • Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art

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