Sandals

Unknown

ca. 1479–1425 B.C. · Gold sheet · Egyptian Art

These sandals were part of the funerary equipment belonging to one of three foreign wives of Thutmose III. They are made of thin gold sheet that would not have withstood normal wear; they were intended for funerary use only. The sandals are decorated with details intended to imitate the decoration on leather sandals.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 1479–1425 B.C.

Medium

Gold sheet

Department

Egyptian Art

Credit line

Fletcher Fund, 1922