Menat necklace from Malqata, ca. 1386–1347 BCE
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Menat necklace from Malqata

ca. 1386–1347 BCE

Medium
Faience, bronze or copper alloy, glass, agate, carnelian, lapis lazuli, turquoise
Classification
Music, menat, cat
Dimensions
L. of counterpoise 14.7 cm (5 13/16 in.)
Culture
Egypt
Museum
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Egyptian Art
Credit line
Rogers Fund, 1911
Rights
Public domain (Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed

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