© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Peter Harholdt.

ClassificationsAncient Egyptian Art

Broad Collar (reconstructed)

AAT Object Form/Functionbroad collars

Place CreatedEgypt, Africa

CultureEgyptian

PeriodMiddle Kingdom, Dynasty 12

Date1939-1760 BCE

MediumFaience, modern beads and stringing

Credit LineEgyptian Purchase Fund and anonymous gift

Dimensions8 1/4 x 10 1/16 in. (21 x 25.6 cm)

Object number2001.015.001

Label TextJewelry in beautiful colors was a recurring feature in Middle Kingdom burials. The beaded broad collar with the falcon terminals was specified as part of the funerary equipment needed by the deceased in the coffin texts. The association with the god Horus undoubtedly gave this piece of jewelry magical healing qualities.
Exhibition HistoryMCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, October 1998 - Spring 2001
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 2001 - Present
Published ReferencesPeter Lacovara, "The New Galleries of Egyptian and Near Eastern Art at the Michael C. Carlos Museum," Minerva 12 (September/October 2001): 9-16.
Peter Lacovara and Betsy Teasley Trope, The Realm of Osiris (Atlanta: Michael C. Carlos Museum, 2001), 62.
Jennifer Ritchey, "Eye on Antiquity," Where Atlanta (November 2001): 22.

Status

On view

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