The struggle of the nations - Egypt, Syria, and Assyria . , found ou the queenswrist, consisted of three parallel bands of solidgold set with turquoises, and having a vulturewith extended wings on the front. The queenshair was held in place by a gold circlet, scarcelyas large as a bracelet; a cartouche was afiixedto the circlet, bearing the name of Ahmosis iublue paste, and flanked by small sphinxes, oneon each side, as supporters. A thick flexiblechain of gold was passed several times roundher neck, and attached to it as a pendant wasa beautiful scarab, partly of gold and partly ofblue porcel
The struggle of the nations - Egypt, Syria, and Assyria . , found ou the queenswrist, consisted of three parallel bands of solidgold set with turquoises, and having a vulturewith extended wings on the front. The queenshair was held in place by a gold circlet, scarcelyas large as a bracelet; a cartouche was afiixedto the circlet, bearing the name of Ahmosis iublue paste, and flanked by small sphinxes, oneon each side, as supporters. A thick flexiblechain of gold was passed several times roundher neck, and attached to it as a pendant wasa beautiful scarab, partly of gold and partly ofblue porcelain striped with gold. The breastornament was completed by a necklace of severalrows of twisted cords, from which dependedantelopes pursued by tigers, sitting jackals,hawks, vultures, and the winged urajus, all attached to the winding-sheet bymeans of a small ring soldered on the back of each animal.^ The fasteningof this necklace was formed of the heads of two gold hawks, the details ofthe heads being worked out iu blue enamel. Both weapons and amulets. NOPKITAKI, THE BLACK-SKINNED GODDESS. account of its discovery, cf. Dr. Mauniers letter, Deux Documents relatifs auxfouilles de Marietle, inthe Bccueil de Travaux, Tol. xii. pp. 21G-21S ; and Dkveria, (JSuvres, vol. i. p. 380, et seq. The objectshave been described and reproduced by Birch, On Gold-jewelled Ornaments found at Thebes in ISoJ,in the Arclaeoloyical Journal, vol. xx. p. 166, and Facsimiles of the Egyptian Relics discovered atTlieles in the Tomb of Queen Aah-hotep, 4to, 1863; BIariette, Notice desPrincipaux Monuments, 1864,pp. 218-227. Drawn by Boudier, from the photograiA by M. de Mertens taken in the Berlin Museum. - This necklace has been reproduced ou p. 3 of the present work, where it serves as a frontispieceto the chapter. THE JEWELS OF QUEEN AIIHOTPU. 97 were found aiiionf^ tlie jewels, iucluding three gold flies suspended by a
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