Jewelry element representing a falcon wearing a double crown

Period: Middle Kingdom

Date: ca. 1887–1750 BC

Geography: From Egypt, Fayum Entrance Area, Haraga, Cemetery A, Tomb 124

Medium: Silver, lapis lazuli, carnelian, turquoise

Dimensions: H. 2.9 cm (1 1/8 in.); W. 1.8 cm (11/16 in.); Th. 0.5 cm (3/16 in.)

Credit Line: Purchase, Lila Acheson Wallace Gift, 2014

Accession Number: 2014.619.7

Description

This ornament depicts a crowned falcon sitting on a nb-sign, the word for gold, with a scarab beetle at the bird's feet. Surprising many of the piece's inlay are still present, whose strong colors add to the striking nature of the piece.

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Jewelry from the Haraga Treasure, United at the Met

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