Bead String

E3214.1

From: Egypt | Ballas (uncertain) | Naqada (uncertain)

Curatorial Section: Egyptian

Object Number E3214.1
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Egypt | Ballas (uncertain) | Naqada (uncertain)
Locus Libyan Cemetery
Date Made 3000 BCE
Section Egyptian
Materials Carnelian | Garnet | Amazonite | Gold | Banded Agate
Description

String of beads and amulets of various stones: garnet, agate, amethyst, amazonite and carnelian ball beads, gold spacer beads and four falcon(?) shaped amulets 1 of amethyst, 1 of carnelian and two of amazonite.

Credit Line Distribution from the Egyptian Research Account; William Flinders Petrie, 1895
Other Number ES2186OO - Other Number

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