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As early as the Old Kingdom (c. 2670–2195 B.C.), Egyptian artisans fashioned images of deities, kings, and mortals wearing broad collars made of molded tubular and teardrop beads. [1] The Usekh or Wesekh is a personal ornament, a type of broad collar or necklace , familiar to many because of its presence in images of the ancient Egyptian elite.
The use of the Spine with fluid hieroglyph is for words showing "length", as opposed to 'breadth', (Egyptian usekh-(breadth, width)-for example, the Usekh collar).Some example words for 'length' are: to be long, length, to extend, extended; and for to expand, to dilate, words like: joy, gladness, pleasure, delight.
sheb-{Gard-unl. 15) (collar, necklace, pectoral) 'None' may have an alternate determinative used to define the word. From the above definitions, it can be seen that the collar, neckband, pectoral, beads, etc., can also include amulets inclusive into the pectoral's iconography.
A shebyu collar of faience beads from the burial of Amenhotep. The shebyu collar is an ancient Egyptian necklace composed of one or more strands of disc beads. Collars specifically called shebyu by the ancient Egyptians are the two-stranded kind given to officials as part of a royal reward. However, the term is used in Egyptology to refer to ...
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She wears a short curly wig and the typical sidelock of Egyptian royal youth, set off by a large earring. On her head she wears a diadem, tied in the back, featuring a gazelle at the brow, and is crowned by a modius topped by three tall lotus blooms and buds. She wears a broad usekh collar, as well as bracelets on her arms. She is clothed in a ...
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