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Peitoral da princesa Sithathoriunet

Middle Kingdom
ca. 1887–1878 B.C.
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 111
A joalheria egípcia atingiu seu apogeu no Império Médio e este peitoral, que data do reinado de Sesóstris II, é uma das peças mais belas do período. Trezentos e setenta e cinco pedras semipreciosas engastadas em ouro com a técnica de cloisonné, são combinadas em uma composição heráldica de multicores marcadas por dois falcões solares que sustentam em suas patas sinais de domínio (shen). Sobre suas cabeças aparecem duas serpentes entrelaçadas, em cujas caudas penduram-se hieróglifos que significam vida (ankh). O nome de Sesóstris II aparece no centro da composição. Logo abaixo do nome do faraó, a figura de deus do espaço infinito, Heh, segura folhas de palmeira ( hieróglifo que significa “anos”), enquanto um girino ( hieróglifo para “cem mil”), fica suspenso em uma corda pendurada no cotovelo do deus.

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Object Information
  • Título: Peitoral da princesa Sithathoriunet
  • Período: Império Médio, Dinastia XII, reinado de Sesóstris II
  • Data: ca. 1887–1878 a.C.
  • Geografia: Lahun, tumba de Sithathoriunet
  • Meio: Ouro, calcedônia, feldspato, granada, turquesa, lápis-lazuli
  • Dimensões: Largura do colar 82 cm, peitoral 4,5 x 8,2 cm
  • Linha de créditos: Compra, fundo Rogers e doação de Henry Walters, 1916
  • Número de acesso: 16.1.3a, b
  • Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art

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