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