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Beads and amulet
Egyptian
Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 12
1991–1783 B.C.
Findspot: Egypt, Abydos ?
Medium/Technique
Faience, carnelian
Dimensions
Overall: 25 cm (9 13/16 in.)
Overall: 10 cm (3 15/16 in.)
Length x width turtle amulet: 1.3 x 1 cm (1/2 x 3/8 in.)
Overall: 10 cm (3 15/16 in.)
Length x width turtle amulet: 1.3 x 1 cm (1/2 x 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Egypt Exploration Fund by subscription
Accession Number03.1773
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CollectionsJewelry, Ancient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Beads
DescriptionOne string contains forty faience ball beads, one faience barrel bead, one faience cylinder bead and one carnelian barrel bead. A second string contains eighty small faience ring beads and one turtle amulet. There are also twenty-two loose faience ball beads.
ProvenanceFrom Egypt, possibly 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)
(Accession Date: January 1, 1903)