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Pectoral of Amenemhat III
General Information

This pectoral was discovered in Byblos belonged to Amenemhat III. It is decorated with several symbols intended to endow it with wedjat eye and uraeus with the goddess Hathor shown as a cow holding the solar disk between her horns.

Storing Place Beirut National Museum - Beirut - Lebanon
Material Gold
Type Pectoral
Type of Script Hieroglyphic
Historical Period The Twelfth dynasty – The Middle Kingdom
Inscriptions on the Monument
Transliteration
( If the Hieroglyphic,Demotic or Hieratic text is not appearing clear, install this file )

N(y) MAat ra


Translation

Nimaatre (Re belongs to Maat)

Scientific Publishing

H. Stierlin, The Gold of the Pharaohs, (Paris, 1997), 105.

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