Pendant with the Cartouche of Kheperkare (Senwosret I)

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Arts of Africa

Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 12 (about 1956–1911 BCE)

Egyptian

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Arts of Africa

Culture: Ancient Egyptian
Title: Pendant with the Cartouche of Kheperkare (Senwosret I)
Place: Egypt (Object made in)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: Made 1956 BCE–1911 BCE
Medium: Shell
Inscriptions: Kheperkare (Prenomen of Senwosret I)
Dimensions: 10.5 × 6.4 × 0.3 cm (4 1/8 × 2 1/2 × 1/8 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Henry H. Getty, Charles L. Hutchinson, and Norman W. Harris
Reference Number: 1894.695
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Thomas George Allen, A Handbook of the Egyptian Collection (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1923), 126.
H.E. Winlock, “Pearl Shells of Seʿn-wosret I,” in Studies Presented to F. Ll. Griffith (Egypt Exploration Society; Oxford University Press, 1932), 391, no. 12.

Reverend Chauncey Murch (1859-1907), Luxor, Egypt; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1894; price reimbursed by Henry H. Getty and Charles L. Hutchinson, 1894.

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