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Manual Of Egyptian Archaeology And Guide To The Study Of Antiquities In Egypt

CHAPTER V
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The chest and bosom, neck and shoulders, were bare; and the one garment was kept in place by only a slender pair of braces.

The rich clothed these uncovered parts with jewellery.

The Usekh collar half hid the shoulders and chest.

The pectoral masked the hollow between the breasts.

Sometimes even the breasts were covered with two golden cups, either painted or enamelled.
Besides the jewels found upon the mummy of Queen Aahhotep, a number of arms and amulets were heaped inside her coffin; namely, three massive gold flies hanging from a slender chain; nine small hatchets, three of gold and six of silver; a golden lion's head of very minute workmanship; a wooden sceptre set in gold spirals; two anklets; and two poignards.


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