String of Beads card

Courtesy of National Museums Liverpool, World Museum

String of Beads

1550 BC – 1295 BC about
12.9.13.4b

Currently not on display

World Museum

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
British School of Archaeology in Egypt, Previous owner, Division of Finds, Owned…
Location
Item not currently on display