Broad collar of Senebtisi
Object type: Broad collar, Senebtisi, beads
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: Middle Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 12, late–early 13
Date: ca. 1850–1775 B.C.
Medium: Faience, gold, carnelian, turquoise.
Falcon heads and leaf pendants originally gilded plaster, restored in gilded silver. Eyes originally gilded beads restored in gilded plaster.
Dimensions: Outside diam. 25 cm (9 13/16 in); max w. 7.5 cm (2 15/16 in)
Geography: From    Egypt Memphite Region Lisht North
Locale: Tomb of Senwosret (758)
Locus: Pit 763, burial of Senebtisi
Excavation: MMA excavations, 1906–07
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1908
Accession year: 1908
Tags: Falcons