Fly Pendants and Cylindrical and Spherical Beads

 

Fly Pendants and Cylindrical and Spherical Beads

Necklace with pendants, gold; 1 fly, lapis lazuli; 6 flies, gold. Rare. Incomplete gold necklace. Units of two, plain, gold cylinders separated by three hollow spherical gold beads with notched bands at openings. Pendant at end of each unit, a gold fly made from gold sheet with incised details. Central pendant a large gold fly with upper surface inlaid with lapis lazuli.

https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/3246

MEDIUM Gold, lapis lazuli

• Place Collected: Egypt

DATES ca. 1539-1292 B.C.E.

DYNASTY Dynasty 18

PERIOD New Kingdom

DIMENSIONS Length: 9 11/16 in. (24.6 cm) Fly Pendant: 11/16 x 5/8 in. (1.8 x 1.6 cm)