Ornament

ornamentAn inlaid ornament.

This ornament depicts a winged scarab holding a sun's disc in its forefeet and a 'kha'-sign in its back feet, made from electrum inlaid with cornelian, lapis lazuli and green feldspar. The 'kha'-sign is flanked by papyrus umbels whose wire stems surround and unite the three symbols. The design represents the prenomen of Senusret II, Kha-kheper-Re.

 

Date: Dynasty (1897-1887 BC)
Source: British Museum