Information
String of beads, shells and an amulet from a burial dated to the Third Intermediate Period.
From tomb 1200 excavated by the Egypt Exploration Society, 1925-26, and given to the East Anglia Egyptian Society in return for their subscription.
CONDITION NOTE 1998: Surface dirt, pitted surface on some beads, running crack in pendant, worn edges, discolouration to white beads.
Specifications
- Accession number
- 56.22.185
- Collection type
- Personal Ornament
- Culture
- Third Intermediate Period
- Date made
- 1069 BC – 664 BC
- Collector
- Egypt Exploration Society
- Place collected
- Africa: Northern Africa: Egypt: Abydos
- Date collected
- 1926
- Materials
- Stone; Glass; Egyptian Faience; Shell
- Measurements
- Overall: 150 mm
- Credit line
- Purchased from the collections of Norwich Castle Museum
- Legal status
- Permanent collection
- Provenance
- Location
- Item not currently on display
- Publications
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