刻有Senwosret I图案的贝壳 - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	刻有Senwosret I图案的贝壳
品名（英）	Shell Inscribed with the Cartouche of Senwosret I
入馆年号	1961年，61.104
策展部门	埃及艺术（Egyptian Art）
创作者
创作年份	公元前 1981
创作地区	来自于: 埃及（From: Egypt）
分类
尺寸	长 10.7 × 宽 10.5 厘米 (4 3/16 × 4 1/8 英寸)
介绍（中）	这个彩虹色的牡蛎壳被打磨到珍珠层（珍珠母）的内层，上面钻了两个洞，可以串起来挂在脖子上。王室的名字Senwosret已经刻在了表面上。它是已知的大约五十个这样的贝壳之一，大多数像这个例子一样刻有nomen（出生名）Senwosret或prenomen（王座名）Kheperkare。由于Kheperkare是Senwosret一世的国号，人们通常认为这里指的是这位国王（而不是另一位同名的君主）尽管这些炮弹中很少有考古背景，但其中一些与军事人员有关，因此可能主要由士兵佩戴。然而，没有明确的证据表明这一例子的埋葬与军事有关，最近的研究表明，他们可能在中王国晚期与女性或男性一起埋葬，并起到了护身符的作用。
介绍（英）	Polished down to its inner layer of nacre (mother of pearl), this iridescent oyster shell has been pierced with two holes so that it could be strung and hung around the neck. The royal name Senwosret has been incised into the surface. It is one of about fifty such shells known, most inscribed, like this example, with the nomen (birth name) Senwosret, or with the prenomen (throne name) Kheperkare. Since Kheperkare is the throne name of Senwosret I, it is generally assumed that it is this king (rather than another of the monarchs with the same name) who is meant here. Although few of these shells have archaeological contexts, several of those that do are connected with military personnel, and therefore may have been worn primarily by soldiers. However, there was no clear evidence of a military connection in the burial from which this example comes, and recent scholarship suggests that they may have been buried with women or men in the late Middle Kingdom, and have served an amuletic purpose.