Disk Made of Two Sheets of Gold, One Concave the Other Decorated with Feathers or Palm Fronds, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, ca. 1479–1425 B.C., From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Wadi Gabbanat el-Qurud, Wadi D, Tomb of the 3 Foreign Wives of Thutmose III, Gold, H. 14.6 cm (5 3/4 in); W. 14 cm (5 1/2 in), This gold disk from the funerary equipment of three foreign wives of Thutmose III with its now open spaces for original inlay as well as incised decoration of palm fronds or feathers was previously understood as the head piece of a wig cover from which the rosettes 26
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Disk, Two Sheets, Gold, Concave, Decorated, Feathers, Palm Fronds, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, ca, 1479–1425 B.C, Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Wadi Gabbanat el-Qurud, D, Tomb, 3 Foreign Wives, Thutmose III, H, 14.6 cm, 5 3/4, W, 14 1/2, gold, disk, funerary equipment, three foreign, wives, now open, spaces, original inlay, well, incised decoration, palm fronds, feathers, previously understood, head piece, wig cover, rosettes 26
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