In this pectoral, which was found in a layer of
wrapping, the eye is flanked by the cobra-goddess,
Wadjet, wearing the crown of Lower Egypt, and the
vulture of
Nekhbet wearing the
atef crown, as
the representative goddess of Upper Egypt. The crown
does not accord with the symbolism, because it
combines heraldic elements that signify rulership of
both Upper and Lower Egypt, but the vulture was
depicted wearing it so often that its unsuitability
in the present context would certainly not strike
the eye. The whole ensemble is made of gold and
inlaid for the most part with polychrome glass
interspersed with some carnelian and lapis lazuli. A
pale green stone used for the space between the eye
and the eyebrow, as well as the white of the eye,
has not been identified, but seemed to
Carter to be
a kind of quartz. The gold mount at the base is
inlaid with carnelian and polychrome glass imitating
turquoise and lapis lazuli.
A triple string
necklace of red and blue faience and gold beads
connects the pectoral with a gold inlaid
counterpoise, which hung below the nape of the neck.
Like the pectoral, the counterpoise consists of
three symbols mounted on a gold bar. Two of the
symbols are djed pillars, and the third,
placed between them, is the so-called girdle of
Isis. What the symbol represents is uncertain;
perhaps it consists of the same elements as the
ankh sign, but differently arranged. As a rule
it is made of red jasper (or glass) and that is the
material presupposed in the spell for the girdle in
the Book of the Dead (Chapter 156), which concludes
with the words "To be uttered over a girdle of red
jasper...which has been put on the neck of the
deceased on the day of his funeral. He for whom this
is done shall have the magic power of Isis as a
protection for his body, and
Horus, the son of Isis,
shall rejoice over him when he sees him."