Menat counterpoise with figures of Hathor as a woman and a cow, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, ca. 1390–1352 B.C., From Egypt, cupreous alloy, H. 16.3 cm (6 7/16 in.); W. 5 cm (1 15/16 in.), The menat is a ritual necklace, which consists of multiple strings of beads attached to a counterweight, also called a menat, shaped like a pendulum. The necklace could be worn by the goddess Hathor or by others associated with her, or her priestesses and eventually elite women could hold the counterweight in the hand to shake the beads to produce a rattling sound soothing to the goddess
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