Miniature Broad Collar Early Ptolemaic Period The Metropolitan Welcome to accessible art history! here, we provide a space for art lovers, students, and anyone who is curious to explore all periods of art history and hum. Hill, marsha 2007. "lives of the statuary." in gifts for the gods: images from egyptian temples, edited by marsha hill and deborah schorsch. new york: the metropolitan museum of art, p. 157, no. 62. oppenheim, adela 2007. "miniature broad collar." in gifts for the gods: images from egyptian temples, edited by marsha hill and deborah schorsch.
Miniature Broad Collar Early Ptolemaic Period The Metropolitan With ancient egyptian culture still prominent in the early ptolemaic period, and with no external interference to the culture of egypt or the creation of the miniature broad collar—were it to truly be made during the ptolemaic . 1. holcomb, 2018, 65. 2. holcomb, 71. 3. o’connor, 33, 1990. 4. bosworth, 1998, 71 74. Egyptian broad collar in faience. the broad collar is one of the most characteristic elements of ancient egyptian jewellery. called wesekh, which means 'the broad one', broad collars are often made up of different rows of beads. 11th dynasty, c. 2040 1985 bce. deir el bahari, egypt. Ancient texts report the vast quantities of statuary of gold, silver, bronze, and other metals that were used in egyptian temple ritual, but of these only a single gold statue is known to survive (26.7.1412). the body of this figure of amun, minus the arms, was solid cast in a single piece, and the separately cast arms were soldered in place. Nearly all of the ancient egyptian turquoises do come from the sinai, but there are several tantalizing exceptions, all dating to the first millennium b.c. these include an early ptolemaic cloisonné inlay broad collar . the origin of the turquoise has not yet been confirmed, but it is certainly not from the sinai.
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