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Ensemble of Rosettes

New Kingdom
ca. 1479–1425 B.C.
Not on view
These rosettes from the funerary equipment of three foreign wives of Thutmose III have been diplayed in various ways, since they came to the Metropolitan Museum in 1926. Most familiar to previous viewers is their reconstruction as part of a wig cover with 26.8.117bb as the head piece. Such a cover was first suggested by Herbert E. Winlock in 1937 and later modified. According to present understanding, the joining of the rosettes to the gold disk 26.8.117bb, and the use of strands of rosettes as a wig cover are uncertain.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Ensemble of Rosettes
  • Period: New Kingdom
  • Dynasty: Dynasty 18
  • Reign: reign of Thutmose III
  • Date: ca. 1479–1425 B.C.
  • Geography: From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Wadi Gabbanat el-Qurud, Wadi D, Tomb of the Three Foreign Wives of Thutmose III
  • Medium: Gold, gesso, carnelian, jasper, transparent crizzled glass, opaque turquoise glass
  • Dimensions: L. in front 35 cm (13 3/4 in.): Circumference 40.2 cm (15 13/16 in.)
  • Credit Line: Purchase, Henry Walters and Edward S. Harkness Gifts, 1920 (1926.8.117a); Frederick P. Huntley Bequest, 1958 (58.153.2-.3); Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1966 (66.2.1, .7); Rogers Fund, 1970 (1970.169.80); Lila Acheson Wallace Gift, 1982 (1982.137.1, 1983.96.1–13)
  • Object Number: 26.8.117a
  • Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art

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Rosettes -- see 26.8.117a, Gold, gesso, carnelian, jasper, glass
Rosettes -- see 26.8.117a
ca. 1479–1425 B.C.
6 rosettes: 1 terminal; 5 trapezoids; see 26.8.117a, Gold, carnelian, glass
6 rosettes: 1 terminal; 5 trapezoids; see 26.8.117a
ca. 1479–1425 B.C.
Rosettes -- see 26.8.117a, Gold, gesso, carnelian, jasper, glass
Rosettes -- see 26.8.117a
ca. 1479–1425 B.C.
Rosettes -- see 26.8.117a, Gold, gesso, carnelian, jasper, glass
Rosettes -- see 26.8.117a
ca. 1479–1425 B.C.
Headdress element -- see 26.8.117a, Gold, gesso, carnelian, jasper, glass
Headdress element -- see 26.8.117a
ca. 1550–1295 B.C.

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