Title: Feline-Headed Girdle, Anklets, and Bracelets of Princess Sithathoryunet
Object type: Feline-Headed Girdle, Anklets, Bracelets, Sithathoryunet-view-jewelry
Date: ca. 1887–1813 B.C.
Period: Middle Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 12
Reign: reign of Senwosret II–Amenemhat III
Medium: Gold, amethyst, diorite pellets (inside)
Dimensions: 16.1.6
circumference of girdle: 81 cm (31 7/8 in.)
large leopard heads: 4.5 x 1.2 cm (1 3/4 x 1/2 in.)
small leopard heads: 1.6 cm (5/8 in.)
Diam (amethyst beads): 0.9 cm (3/8 in.)
Credit line: Purchase, Rogers Fund and Henry Walters Gift, 1916
Geography: From    Egypt Fayum Entrance Area Lahun Tomb of Sithathoryunet (BSA Tomb 8) Chamber E, box 1 BSAE excavations 1914 
Department: Egyptian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Sithathoryunet-Jewelry