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Pendant of Senwosret III
General Information

Gold pendant in the shape of a shell, with a cartouche Senwosret III soldered on in gold wire and a uraeus on each side of the cartouche. The back of the pendant is plain, with a small suspension loop.

Number 5968
Storing Place Manchester Museum - Manchester - United Kingdom
Material Gold
Type Pendant
Type of Script Hieroglyphic
Width 2.1 cm
Height 2 cm
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 )

xa kAw ra


Translation

Kha-kau-re.

Scientific Publishing

C. Aldred, Jewels of the Pharaohs : Egyptian jewellery of the Dynastic Period, (London, 1971), 22.

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