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Beads
Roman, Egyptian
Imperial Period
late 1st century B.C.–3rd century A.D.
Findspot: Egypt, Naukratis
Medium/Technique
Agate, glass, faience, wood, stone
Dimensions
See description
Credit Line
Egypt Exploration Fund by subscription
Accession Number86.215
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CollectionsJewelry, Ancient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Beads
DescriptionTwenty-three beads consisting of 1 rosette bead (2.8 cm diameter), 3 agate barrel beads (4.5 x 1.9 cm; 2.7 x 1.2 cm; 1.4 x .6 cm), 1 agate long faceted bead (2.9 x 1.8 cm), 1 agate bionical bead (1.4 x 1.1 cm), 2 agate ball beads, 1 wooden bead (1.8 cm diameter), one blue faience Eye of Horus (wedjat) bead (1.5 x .5 cm), 1 stone faceted square bead (1.3 x .8 cm), 1 stone conical faceted bead (1.2 x 1.1 cm), 2 stone ball beads, 7 faience ball beads (.9 - 1.3 cm diameter), 1 flattened faience bead (.7 x .6 cm), and 1 rectangular faceted blue glass bead.
ProvenanceFrom Egypt, Naukratis.1885: excavated by William Matthew Flinders Petrie for the Egypt Exploration Fund; October 28, 1885: voted to MFA at general meeting; February 1886: sent over to MFA.
(Accession Date: January 1, 1886)
(Accession Date: January 1, 1886)