Necklace with Bes and Taweret Pendants

Medium: Gold, faience, carnelian

Dates:ca. 1539–1292 B.C.E.

Dimensions: 1 1/16 x 14 15/16 in. (2.7 x 38 cm)

Collections:

• Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

Exhibitions:

• Divine Felines: Cats of Ancient Egypt

Accession Number: 16.580.201

Image: 16.580.201_edited_PS4.jpg,

Catalogue Description:
Necklace of carnelian beads with twenty hollow gold nefer pendants, twenty-six faience deity and floral motif beads, and in center, four small gold beads, three of which are in Taweret form, and one a Horus falcon. At each end globular gold bead (modern) with closed link. An assembled necklace.

Brooklyn Museum