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T H E S L O U G H I R E V I E W 2 1

There are two leather collars kept by the Cairo Museum under the numbers CG 24075 and CG 24076, courtesy
www.meretsegerbooks.com

The two dog collars discovered in Maherpra’s tomb

Collar 24075

Height: 6cm, large diameter of 14,5cm, The writing separates two scenes
small diameter of 10,5cm. representing gazelles and Ibex attacked by
dogs. Each scene contains two groups of
This collar is composed of 2 leather bands animals. Plants and dirt mounds are
glued to each other: that of the inside is represented at the top and bottom, in
tinted in pink, the outside has embossed empty spaces. Part of the gilding has fallen,

ornaments and all its surface was gilded. In what is left is darkened, particularly on the
addition, a band of pink leather is placed reliefs.
astride the edges and another pink piece
covers the stiches which put together the
ends. On the opposite of the stiches, a

writing in 2 columns gives the name of the
female dog for which it was made, ṯsm n
pr.f t3 n.t nỉw.t, “Sighthound of her house.
The One-of-Thebes”