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Beads and amulets
Egyptian
Findspot: Egypt, Abydos
Medium/Technique
Carnelian, agate, amethyst
Dimensions
See description
Credit Line
Egypt Exploration Fund by subscription
Accession Number02.746
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ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Beads
Description21 objects:
Barrel Beads:
carnelian - 1.8x0.9
carnelian - 2.0x0.8
? carnelian - 2.2 x 1.0
quartz bionical- 21x1.0 ("s.2295, 0.2.746" in red ink)
Beads:
carnelian - 1.1x0.8 (stylized cowrie shell - flat on one side)
carnelian - 0.6x0.4 (ball bead, cut in half, with longitudinal ridges on one side)
Pendants:
agate - 2.1x0.6 (oval, longitudinal smooth, flattened on one side)
agate - 1.1x0.9 (vase)
agate - 1.8x 0.6 (vase)
carnelian - 1.8x 0.6 (drop pendant)
carnelian - 1.9x0.6 (vase)
carnelian - 1.0x0.6 (drop pendant)
Amulets:
carnelian - 2.0x0.4 (snake)
carnelian - 1.4x0.4 (snake)
carnelian - 1.4x0.4 (snake)
carnelian - 1.2x1.4 Eye of Horus (wedjat)
?amythest - 1.2x0.8 Eye of Horus (wedjat)
carnelian - 1.3x0.7 (frog)
carnelian - 0.9x0.6 (falcon)
carnelian - 1.4x0.7 (squatting child Horus)
carnelian - 2.2x0.8 (unidentified)
Barrel Beads:
carnelian - 1.8x0.9
carnelian - 2.0x0.8
? carnelian - 2.2 x 1.0
quartz bionical- 21x1.0 ("s.2295, 0.2.746" in red ink)
Beads:
carnelian - 1.1x0.8 (stylized cowrie shell - flat on one side)
carnelian - 0.6x0.4 (ball bead, cut in half, with longitudinal ridges on one side)
Pendants:
agate - 2.1x0.6 (oval, longitudinal smooth, flattened on one side)
agate - 1.1x0.9 (vase)
agate - 1.8x 0.6 (vase)
carnelian - 1.8x 0.6 (drop pendant)
carnelian - 1.9x0.6 (vase)
carnelian - 1.0x0.6 (drop pendant)
Amulets:
carnelian - 2.0x0.4 (snake)
carnelian - 1.4x0.4 (snake)
carnelian - 1.4x0.4 (snake)
carnelian - 1.2x1.4 Eye of Horus (wedjat)
?amythest - 1.2x0.8 Eye of Horus (wedjat)
carnelian - 1.3x0.7 (frog)
carnelian - 0.9x0.6 (falcon)
carnelian - 1.4x0.7 (squatting child Horus)
carnelian - 2.2x0.8 (unidentified)
ProvenanceFrom Egypt, Abydos.1902: excavated by William Matthew Flinders Petrie for the Egypt Exploration Fund, assigned to the Egypt Exploration Fund in the division of finds by the government of Egypt, received by the MFA through subscription to the Egypt Exploration Fund.
(Accession Date: November 17, 1902)
(Accession Date: November 17, 1902)