Girdle with Cowrie Shells, Late Middle Kingdom–Second Intermediate Period, Dynasty 12, late–17, ca. 1850–1550 , From Egypt

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Girdle with Cowrie Shells, Late Middle Kingdom–Second Intermediate Period, Dynasty 12, late–17, ca. 1850–1550 , From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Asasif, Tomb, pit in portico, 1912–13, Electrum over plaster, carnelian, amethyst, L. 66 cm (26 in.); L. of shells: cm (1 in.), This gridle was found with other pieces of jewelry in the plundered chamber reached by a shaft in the portico of a rock-cut tomb in the Asasif section of the Theban necropolis. Among the finds were parts of a rectangular wooden coffin with green hieroglyphs on a yellow background as well as a few remains of one or more model wooden boat(s), three scarabs

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