Accession No
1932.474 B
Description
String of Beads; Amulet; Bead; Amulet; Jewellery - Faience Wadjet.
Place
Africa; North Africa; Egypt; Matmar
Period
Third Intermediate Period
Source
Clarke, Louis Colville Gray
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1932.474 B; MAA: 1932.474; 31/1705
Cultural Affliation
Material
Faience; Stone; Carnelian; Metal
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Context (CMS Context)
From left wrist of corpse; Found: Tomb 1705; Excavated by Brunton.G in 1931; Ref. Plate: LVI : LX [32]
Event Date 30/5/1991
Author: maa
Description (CMS Description)
Faience Wadjet.
Event Date 30/5/1991
Author: maa
Description (CMS Description)
A string of very small dark blue faience seed beads with one in a slightly longer tube form, a red stone bead possibly carnelian and two dark beads that show signs of corrosion and so could be a metal alloy. In the centre there is a blue glazed Wadjet eye amulet.
Event Date 4/9/2013
Author: maa
Context (CMS Context)
(Bib): Brunton, Guy. 1948. British Museum Expedition to Middle Egypt 1929-1931 Matmar. London: Bernard Quaritch Ltd. pl. LVI, LX.
Event Date 14/5/2014
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
FM:39120
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