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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. [2]
Central Figure, under 2-opposite-facing Water Libation vessels streaming Water-streams. Usekh collar , double-stranded necklace w/ large amulet laying upon the collar. Wikicommons, Tomb of Ramose
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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The lid inscription consists of 22 lines of 40 to 55 letters each; [28] [55] it occupies a square situated under the sarcophagus' usekh collar and measures 84 cm (2.76 ft) in length and width. [ 40 ] [ 43 ] As is customary for Phoenician writing, all the characters are written without spaces separating each word, except for a space in the 13th ...