Nov 26, 2012
Selection of Mereret's Jewelry (12th Dynasty, 1818 BC) (a) Pair of bracelets with hollow gold lion amulets strung with beads of gold, turquoise, cornelian and lapis lazuli. (b) Necklace composed of unique pendants in the form of balls of turquoise, lapis lazuli and cornelian set in gold cages. (c) Amuletic motto clasps are inlaid with cornelian and decayed paste. Three of them read 'joy' and the fourth states 'the gods are content'.