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String of beads
Egyptian
New Kingdom, Dynasty 18–20
1550–1070 B.C.
Findspot: Egypt, Abydos
Medium/Technique
Faience, carnelian
Dimensions
Overall: 20 cm (7 7/8 in.)
Largest bead: 0.2 x 0.7 cm (1/16 x 1/4 in.)
Largest bead: 0.2 x 0.7 cm (1/16 x 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Egypt Exploration Fund by subscription
Accession Number03.1780
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsJewelry, Ancient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Beads
DescriptionThis string of beads is comprised of eleven carnelian ring beads, four faience double barrel beads, three faience biconical beads and about eighty faience ring beads in various colors.
ProvenanceFrom Egypt, Abydos. 1903: 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: January 1, 1903)