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Egyptian
Findspot: Egypt, Abydos
Medium/Technique
Faience, carnelian
Dimensions
Overall: 12 cm (4 3/4 in.)
Diameter and length cylinder bead: 0.3 x 0.9 cm (1/8 x 3/8 in.)
Diameter ring bead: 0.3 cm (1/8 in.)
Diameter and length cylinder bead: 0.3 x 0.9 cm (1/8 x 3/8 in.)
Diameter ring bead: 0.3 cm (1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Egypt Exploration Fund by subscription
Accession Number02.796
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ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Beads
DescriptionThis string of beads includes twenty carnelian ring beads, thirty-eight faience ring beads and one large faience cylinder bead. The beads are in a pattern of two faience rings,one carnelian ring, with the cylinder bead in the center of the string.
Provenance(By M. 19. 50) From Egypt, Abydos. Excavated by the Egypt Exploration Fund; assigned to the EEF in the division of finds by the Egyptian government; voted to the MFA at EEF general meeting; sent over