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String of beads
Egyptian
Hellenistic Period (Ptolemaic Dynasty)
305–30 B.C.
Medium/Technique
Carnelian, steatite, faience, glass, stone.
Dimensions
Largest ball bead: 1.5 x 0.8 cm (9/16 x 5/16 in.)
Smallest ball bead: 0.7 cm (1/4 in.)
Barrel bead: 1.4 x 0.7 cm (9/16 x 1/4 in.)
Smallest ball bead: 0.7 cm (1/4 in.)
Barrel bead: 1.4 x 0.7 cm (9/16 x 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Emily Esther Sears Fund
Accession Number03.1886
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsJewelry, Ancient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Beads
DescriptionTwenty beads on a string:
ten faience crumb beads (six are biconical, some flattened)
one is a cylinder, steatite
two barrel - one thick in glazed faience, one stone
three green biconical, glass
Twenty seven loose beads:
nine flattened biconical - faience crumb beads
four carnelian - three biconical, one ring
one rectangular black faience, EM 122 written on it
one steatite cylinder
two fancy cylinder
one biconical steatite
one large cylinder, steatite, broken in two pieces
two black barrel, stone
one very thick green glazed ring
one black pendant, stone
one ball, glass
two square sided ball beads, glass
one green biconical, glass.
ten faience crumb beads (six are biconical, some flattened)
one is a cylinder, steatite
two barrel - one thick in glazed faience, one stone
three green biconical, glass
Twenty seven loose beads:
nine flattened biconical - faience crumb beads
four carnelian - three biconical, one ring
one rectangular black faience, EM 122 written on it
one steatite cylinder
two fancy cylinder
one biconical steatite
one large cylinder, steatite, broken in two pieces
two black barrel, stone
one very thick green glazed ring
one black pendant, stone
one ball, glass
two square sided ball beads, glass
one green biconical, glass.
ProvenancePurchased by Albert M. Lythgoe, Dec. 1903.