Menat necklace from Malqata
Object type: Music, menat, cat
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: New Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 18
Reign: reign of Amenhotep III
Date: ca. 1390–1352 B.C.
Medium: Faience, bronze or copper alloy, glass, agate, carnelian, lapis lazuli, turquoise
Dimensions: L. of counterpoise 14.7 cm (5 13/16 in.)
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Malqata
Locale: Birket Habu Mound B 1
Locus: Private House B
Excavation: MMA excavations, 1911–12
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1911
Accession year: 1911
Tags: Musical Instruments