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Necklace with pomegranate bead pendants

The necklace, made up of spherical beads, rosettes and carnelian pendants configured to pomegranate, has in the center an ovoid component between two udjat eyes of the god Horus, symbol of integrity.

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This kind of jewelry appears in Egypt during the New Kingdom, after pomegranate importation. , full of beans juicy , Egyptians regarded the pomegranate as a symbol of prosperity, fertility and rebirth.

Provenance: Unknown provenance. Palagi Collection
Datation: 18th - 19th dynasty (1539 - 1190 a.C.)
Material: carnelian and gold
Dimensions: cm 46
Inventory #: KS 3103

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