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Upper arm bracelet of Queen Amanishakheto

Artist unknownAmanishakheto (Amanischacheto), 10–0 BCE

Neues Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin

Neues Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Berlin, Germany

This arm-ring belonged to the queen Amanishakheto and comes from the pyramids in Meroë (Sudan). The ring is made up of two sections, connected by a hinge hidden by a depiction of a temple façade and a ram-headed Amun on a semicircular collar. Small Uraei, rosettes, and cloisonné droplet designs decorate the surface of the arm-ring, framing the central motif of the ram’s head of Amun in front of a chapel.

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  • Title: Upper arm bracelet of Queen Amanishakheto
  • Creator: Artist unknown
  • Date Created: Amanishakheto (Amanischacheto), 10–0 BCE
  • Type: Crafts / Jewellery
  • Medium: Gold, glass flux (dark blue, light blue, red)
  • Inv. no.: ÄM 1644
  • ISIL no.: DE-MUS-015418
  • External Link: Neues Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
  • Copyright: Photo © bpk - Photo Agency / Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Sandra Steiß
  • Collection: Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung | Ägyptisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz
Neues Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin

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