String of Beads
Amulet
E9743
From: Egypt | El-Mahasna
Curatorial Section: Egyptian
| Object Number | E9743 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Egypt | El-Mahasna |
| Locus | M386 |
| Period | Old Kingdom | Fifth Dynasty | Sixth Dynasty | Seventh Dynasty |
| Date Made | 2500- 2170 BCE |
| Section | Egyptian |
| Materials | Carnelian | Steatite | Amazonite | Faience | Lapis Lazuli | Fossilized Wood | Gold | Bronze | Wood | Serpentine (uncertain) |
| Iconography | Scarab | Lion | Jackal | Leopard | Animal Head | Face | Hand | Wedjat Eye | Hornet |
| Description | Barrel Beads: carnelian, steatite, 1 amonite, 1 bronze, 1 wood, 1 serpentine(?); Cylinder beads: gold leaf over faience core, 3 steatite; Amulet - Scarab: 1 carnelian, 1 amazonite; Lion: 1 lapis lazuli, 1 fossilized wood; Jackal Head: 1 carnelian, 1 amazonite; Animal Head: 1 lapis lazuli; Leopard Paw: 1 carnelian; Face: 2 amazonite, 3 carnelian; hand/fist clenched: 1 lapis lazuli, 2 carnelian, 1 amazonite; Eye: 1 carnelian, 1 lapis lazuli, Hornet: 1 lapis lazuli, 1 carnelian |
| Credit Line | Distribution from the Egyptian Research Account, John Garstang, 1901 |
| Other Number | AES2267 - Other Number |
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