Menat necklace from Malqata

Unknown artist

Date: ca. 1386–1347 BCE

Medium: Faience, bronze or copper alloy, glass, agate, carnelian, lapis lazuli, turquoise

Dimensions: L. of counterpoise 14.7 cm (5 13/16 in.)

Country: Egypt

Period: New Kingdom

Themes: Musical Instruments

Rogers Fund, 1911

Met highlight

Date range

-1390 – -1352

Largest dimension

14.7 cm

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