Description
The mummy must have been provided with a necklace, of which only certain parts remain.
(a) Two bars for fastening, lengths 0 m .059. Each is formed of a gold plaque, of elliptical curve—the axes of which are 8 and 3 millimetres— incompletely closed. At the end of the greater axis, holes are pierced at 2, 10, 18, 27, 33 and 52 millimetres from the top, to hold the threads on which the beads were threaded.
Plate—Plaques and Ornaments.
(b.) Spherical beads, in gold filigree, 7 millimetres in diameter. They are made in two halves, each of which present six small rings
surrounding the hole intended for the thread, and the two are joined by a wire so notched as to resemble a milled edge.
(c.) Pendants in the form of fruit. These are beads similar to the preceding, but with the addition at one end of a small hollow stem, and at the other of a spreading calyx formed of six small rings. Their mean height is 23 millimetres.
(b) and (c) : Plate—Gold Necklace of Queen Tauosrit; Fragment of Mud with
Gold Beads in position.
(a) Two bars for fastening, lengths 0 m .059. Each is formed of a gold plaque, of elliptical curve—the axes of which are 8 and 3 millimetres— incompletely closed. At the end of the greater axis, holes are pierced at 2, 10, 18, 27, 33 and 52 millimetres from the top, to hold the threads on which the beads were threaded.
Plate—Plaques and Ornaments.
(b.) Spherical beads, in gold filigree, 7 millimetres in diameter. They are made in two halves, each of which present six small rings
surrounding the hole intended for the thread, and the two are joined by a wire so notched as to resemble a milled edge.
(c.) Pendants in the form of fruit. These are beads similar to the preceding, but with the addition at one end of a small hollow stem, and at the other of a spreading calyx formed of six small rings. Their mean height is 23 millimetres.
(b) and (c) : Plate—Gold Necklace of Queen Tauosrit; Fragment of Mud with
Gold Beads in position.
Creator
G. Daressy
Source
Theodore M. Davis, The Tomb of Siphtah
Date
1908
Original Format
painting/drawing
Citation
Citation
G. Daressy, “Parts of a gold Necklace KV 56,” The Emma B. Andrews Diary Project, accessed May 13, 2024, https://www.emmabandrews.org/project/items/show/353.