<em>Fragmentary Necklace with Cornflowers</em>, ca. 1352–1336 B.C.E. Faience, 7/16 × 1/8 × 3 3/8 in. (1.1 × 0.3 × 8.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Egypt Exploration Society, 35.2023. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 35.2023_PS2.jpg)

Fragmentary Necklace with Cornflowers, ca. 1352–1336 B.C.E. Faience, 7/16 × 1/8 × 3 3/8 in. (1.1 × 0.3 × 8.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Egypt Exploration Society, 35.2023. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 35.2023_PS2.jpg)

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Fragmentary Necklace with Cornflowers

Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

Much ancient Egyptian jewelry was essentially decorative, like the pair of gold earrings shown here, which are simply thick hoops. But other items of adornment sometimes acted like amulets to protect the wearer, such as the necklaces mounted together here. These necklaces include ancestor bust figures for communicating with the dead; cornflowers, which were associated with renewal; a frog, symbolizing rebirth; and the pregnant hippopotamus, protector of pregnant women and thus a guardian of rebirth.

MEDIUM Faience

Place Excavated: Tell el-Amarna, Egypt

DATES ca. 1352–1336 B.C.E.

DYNASTY Dynasty 18

PERIOD New Kingdom, Amarna Period

DIMENSIONS 7/16 × 1/8 × 3 3/8 in. (1.1 × 0.3 × 8.6 cm) (show scale)

COLLECTIONS Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

ACCESSION NUMBER 35.2023

CREDIT LINE Gift of the Egypt Exploration Society

CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION Fragmentary necklace consisting of eleven yellow faience thistle pendants and ten very small circular red, yellow and blue beads. Condition: The remaining pieces are all in good condition.

EXHIBITIONS

To Live Forever: Egyptian Treasures from the Brooklyn Museum

MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view

CAPTION Fragmentary Necklace with Cornflowers, ca. 1352–1336 B.C.E. Faience, 7/16 × 1/8 × 3 3/8 in. (1.1 × 0.3 × 8.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Egypt Exploration Society, 35.2023. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 35.2023_PS2.jpg)

IMAGE overall, 35.2023_PS2.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2006

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