Accession No
1947.2503 A
Description
String of 42 beads all of cylinder shape except for two long barrel faience beads. Sixteen of the cylinder beads are carnelian, the rest are faience.
Place
Africa; North Africa; Egypt; Dahshur Pyramid
Period
XII Dynasty Middle Kingdom
Source
Beck, Horace J. [collector]; Beck, Horace J. (Mrs) [donor]; Beck Collection
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1947.2503 A; 946 [Beck coll.]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Faience; Stone; Carnelian
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Context (Related Documents)
All 1947.2503 probably from Dahshur. There is a general note on the card giving provenance as Dahshur Pyramid, only 1947.2503 C specifically states that it was from there.
Event Date
Author: maa
Context (Field collection)
Probably from the royal tombs at Dahshur, found possibly in a Tomb of a Princess, excavated in the late 1890s. Possibly from a tomb of a Princess of the Middle Kingdom.
Event Date 1890
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
Description (Physical description)
42 beads all of cylinder shape except for 2 long barrel faience beads. Sixteen of the cylinder beads are carnelian, the rest are faience.
Event Date 1947
Author: maa
FM:39942
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