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1 of 2 • Amulets, beads, and shells from Menkaure pyramid temple, room J2 (= sloping corridor 28): 07-2-135 (= MFA 11.1102, Pataikos), 07-2-136 (= MFA 11.1104, upper half of Sekhmet amulet), 07-2-137 (three Bes amulets, left = MFA 11.1105, middle = MFA 11.1106, right = MFA 11.1108), 07-2-138 (= MFA 11.1110, cat amulet), 07-2-139 (= MFA 11.1103, openwork pendant), 07-2-140 (four crudely made udjat amulets, MFA 11.1114, MFA 11.1115, MFA 11.1117, MFA 11.1119), 07-2-141 (= MFA 11.1111, udjat/wadj plaque), 07-2-142 (= MFA 11.1109, menat amulet), 07-2-143 (= MFA 11.1113, double lion amulet), 07-2-144 (= MFA 11.1116, carnelian fruit pendant), 07-4-145 (five faience imitation split cowrie shell beads, MFA 11.1051), 07-2-146 (three shell imitation split cowrie shell beads, MFA 11.993)
Amulets, beads, and shells from Menkaure pyramid temple, room J2 (= sloping corridor 28): 07-2-135 (= MFA 11.1102, Pataikos), 07-2-136 (= MFA 11.1104, upper half of Sekhmet amulet), 07-2-137 (three Bes amulets, left = MFA 11.1105, middle = MFA 11.1106, right = MFA 11.1108), 07-2-138 (= MFA 11.1110, cat amulet), 07-2-139 (= MFA 11.1103, openwork pendant), 07-2-140 (four crudely made udjat amulets, MFA 11.1114, MFA 11.1115, MFA 11.1117, MFA 11.1119), 07-2-141 (= MFA 11.1111, udjat/wadj plaque), 07-2-142 (= MFA 11.1109, menat amulet), 07-2-143 (= MFA 11.1113, double lion amulet), 07-2-144 (= MFA 11.1116, carnelian fruit pendant), 07-4-145 (five faience imitation split cowrie shell beads, MFA 11.1051), 07-2-146 (three shell imitation split cowrie shell beads, MFA 11.993)
Amulets and shells from Menkaure pyramid temple, room J2 (= sloping corridor 28): 07-2-135 (= MFA 11.1102, Pataikos), 07-2-136 (= MFA 11.1104, upper half of Sekhmet amulet), 07-2-137 (three Bes amulets, left = MFA 11.1106, middle = MFA 11.1105, right = MFA 11.1108), 07-2-138 (= MFA 11.1110, cat amulet), 07-2-139 (= MFA 11.1103, openwork pendant), 07-2-140 (four crudely made udjat amulets, MFA 11.1114, MFA 11.1115, MFA 11.1117, MFA 11.1119), 07-2-141 (= MFA 11.1111, udjat/wadj plaque), 07-2-142 (= MFA 11.1109, menat amulet), 07-2-143 (= MFA 11.1113, double lion amulet), 07-2-144 (= MFA 11.1116, carnelian fruit pendant), 07-4-145 (five faience imitation split cowrie shell beads, only two shown here, MFA 11.1051), 07-2-146 (three shell imitation split cowrie shell beads, only two shown here, MFA 11.993)
Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Menkaure pyramid temple
Faience pendant; light blue glaze, V-shaped openwork design; good condition. [07-2-139]
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- ID
- MFAB_11.1103
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- Department
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
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- Classification
- Jewelry & adornment-Amulets and pendants
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- Findspot
- Menkaure Pyramid Temple ([MPT] GMT / room J2 = sloping corridor 28)
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- Material
- Faience
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- Dimensions
- Height x Width: 2 x 1.5 cm (13/16 x 9/16 in.)
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- Credit Line
- Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
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- Object Ownership Information
- MFA
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- Period
- Greco-Roman Period
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- Notes
- This object was excavated by the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition, but was not recorded in any object register book. 1907: Excavated by the Harvard University–Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; 1911: assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Egypt. (Accession date: March 2, 1911)
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- Remarks
- Registration number obtained from publication; no registration records available for 1907.
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- Site Name Menkaure Pyramid Complex
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Reisner, George A. Mycerinus: The Temples of the Third Pyramid at Giza. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1931, p. 21.
