Information
String of blue faience cylinder beads, and assorted small amulets of falcons, two hippos, a female sphinx, a hand etc in carnelian, jasper, feldspar and amethyst; one silver beads; many of these amulet types are typical of the First Intermediate Period and the Middle Kingdom.
Described in W. M. F. Petrie's notes as "sard drop necklace" but no mention of the tomb number. Perhaps cemetery D no. 413 "jasper pendants etc".
Specifications
- Accession number
- 12.9.13.4b
- Collection type
- Personal Ornament
- Culture
- First Intermediate Period; Middle Kingdom
- Place made
- Africa: Northern Africa: Egypt: El Riqqa
- Date made
- 1550 BC – 1295 BC about
- Collector
- British School of Archaeology in Egypt
- Place collected
- Africa: Northern Africa: Egypt: El Riqqa
- Date collected
- 1913
- Materials
- Egyptian Faience; Feldspar; Jasper; Carnelian; Amethyst; Silver
- Measurements
- Overall: 335 mm
- Note
- ARP 1226: Link of round beads and bud pendants of red jasper. XVIII.
- Credit line
- Gift of the British School of Archaeology in Egypt, 1913
- Legal status
- Permanent collection
- Provenance
- Location
- Item not currently on display
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