boneandpapyrus:virtual-artifacts:Menat necklace from Malqata. (Full + detail)I just saw these cats a
boneandpapyrus:virtual-artifacts:Menat necklace from Malqata. (Full + detail)I just saw these cats and I had to make a detailed pic! Oh that’s so sweet. Period:New KingdomDynasty:Dynasty 18Reign:reign of Amenhotep IIIDate:ca. 1390–1353 B.C.Geography:From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Malqata, Birket Habu Mound B 1, Private House B, MMA excavations, 1911–12(Adding the museum’s description, because I didn’t know this:A menat necklace consists of a heavy, keyhole-shaped counterpoise (menat) and many strands of beads. Although the necklace is sometimes shown being worn (26.2.252pp), it was more often carried by females participating in religious ceremonies. It functioned as a percussion instrument that was shaken to create a soothing noise that was thought to appease a god or goddess. In the New Kingdom the menat necklace and the sistrum (68.44) were attributes of women who held the title “Singer of Amun-Re” (see 15.2.1). In the early 20th century, the Museum conducted excavations at Malqata, a site at the southern end of the Theban necropolis where Amenhotep III had built a palace city for the celebration of his jubilee festivals. This miraculously preserved menat necklace and two single-strand necklaces of beads and amulets (11.215.216 and 11.215.217) were found in the corner of a private house. (The Met)DOESN’T MATTER LOOK AT THESE CATS -- source link