String of Beads with Feline-head Amulets, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, ca. 1550–1425 B.C., From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Dra Abu el-Naga, Mandara, Carnarvon/Carter excavations, 1914, Gold, Egyptian blue, L. 67 cm (26 3/8 in), The use of feline's-head ornaments in jewelry is well known from the Twelfth Dynasty (ca. 1981-1802 B.C.) and continues in the early Eighteenth Dynasty. It is difficult to identify the type of cat that the Egyptians had in mind, although most seem to be leopards, an animal that, in the Middle Kingdom, has apotropaic properties
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String, Beads, Feline-head Amulets, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, ca, 1550–1425 B.C, Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Dra Abu el-Naga, Mandara, Carnarvon/Carter excavations, 1914, Gold, Egyptian blue, L, 67 cm, 26 3/8, feline'-head ornaments, jewelry, well, Twelfth Dynasty, 1981-1802, continues, early Eighteenth, difficult, identify, type, cat, Egyptians, mind, although, leopards, animal, Middle, apotropaic properties
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