String of Beads

Amulet

E10898A.1

From: Sudan | Nubia | Buhen

Curatorial Section: Egyptian

Object Number E10898A.1
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Sudan | Nubia | Buhen
Locus K45
Section Egyptian
Materials Gold | Carnelian | Garnet | Amethyst | Amazonite | Quartz | Steatite
Description

Bead string with 37 beads/amulets. (a): Spheroids of carnelian, garnet, one amethyst; two amethyst barrels; a few gold rings; thirty-seven amulets - one steatite hedgehog, two amazonite libation vases, one carnelian and one amazonite lion, one amazonite scorpion, three amazonite and one carnelian falcon, two carnelian fish, four carnelian and one amazonite Taweret, one carnelian vulture, one amazonite and one carnelian fly, two carnelian and one amazonite hippopotamus head, five baboons (one carnelian, two amazonite, one quartz crystal, one faience), one amazonite frog, one carnelian toad, one carnelian turtle, two faience unidentified amulets, four steatite scarabs.

(b): Spheroids of garnet, carnelian, and three glazed faience; fifteen amulets - one faience turtle, three falcons (one amazonite, one carnelian, and one faience), one carnelian toad, one amazonite hippopotamus head, one steatite hedgehog, one carnelian scorpion, three faience unidentifed, four steatite scarabs.

(c): Spheroids of garnet and carnelian; Barrels of carnelian, garnet, and one amethyst; two carnelian discs; a few carnelian and one faience ring; one carnelian ribbed bead.

Credit Line The Eckley B. Coxe Jr. Expedition to Nubia, Buhen; D. Randall-MacIver and C. L. Wooley, 1910

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