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| Keywords: Egyptian - Spacer with Cartouche of Amenophis III - Walters 4286.jpg This piece is a faience spacer bead with three rounded tubes joined by a plate in the shape of a cartouche The tubes have rounded holes in them for the strings of a three row necklace or bracelet It has a white background and the outline of the cartouche and the hieroglyphs within it are worked in a violet glaze The name represented is the throne name of Pharoah Amenophis III Neb-maat-re The tan faience fabric may be seen along the upper edge where the glaze has been worn away between 1388 1350 BC New Kingdom Egyptian faience with blue and white glaze cm 2 22 0 71 0 23 accession number 42 86 14 Dikran Kelekian New York and Paris date and mode of acquisition unknown Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1923 Inscription Nb-maat-re Jewelry - Ancient to Modern The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1979-1980 place of origin Thebes present-day Luxor Egypt Walters Art Museum license Ancient Egyptian jewellery in the Walters Art Museum Ancient Egyptian faience in the Walters Art Museum Cartouches of Amenhotep III Maat-goddess hieroglyph | ||||
