Crudely incised stone amulet of a rearing cobra, emblem of the divine forces protecting the creator, king and creation, with a suspension loop above the head. The cemetery where this was excavated lies near the villages of el-Riqqeh and Girza, not far from the Residence of the Middle Kingdom kings at Itjtawy (probably modern el-Lisht). The piece was found in the intact New Kingdom burial of a woman, whose body lay in a grave measuring 90 by 60 by 85 inches, the head to the east and the face turned to the north. The coffin was of pottery, and the grave-goods included two stone cosmetic dishes, blue glass beads, a mirror, two gold penannular ear-rings, and a cowrie-shaped seal-amulet and scarab amulet. Together the group presents the items of adornment treasured by a relatively well-to-do lady of the late 18th Dynasty, when Egypt was at the peak of her power, about 1350 BC.
EL-RIQQEH
BASALT ?
18TH DYNASTY
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF IRELAND
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