Armlet of Amenhotep, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, ca. 1479–1458 B.C., From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, below the Tomb of Senenmut (TT 71), Burial of Amenhotep, inside coffin near head, 1935–36, Faience, Diam. 11 cm (4 5/16 in.); Th. 1 cm (3/8 in.), Inside the coffin of the child Amenhotep, two faience armlets had been placed on either side of the mummy's head. These wide bands were made to been worn on the upper arm of of a grown man, not a child, and they may have been a parting gift from the boy's father
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Armlet, Amenhotep, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, ca, 1479–1458 B.C, Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, Tomb, Senenmut, TT 71, Burial, inside coffin, head, 1935–36, Faience, Diam, 11 cm, 4 5/16, Th, 1, 3/8, Inside, coffin, child Amenhotep, two faience armlets, placed, side, mummy, wide bands, worn, upper arm, grown man, child, parting gift, boy, father
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