String of Beads

Object Number:

E7794

Current Location:

Collections storage

Culture:

Meroitic

Provenience:

Egypt
Nubia
Karanog

Locus:

G 312

Date Made:

100BC-300AD

Early Date:

-100

Late Date:

300

Section:

Egyptian

Materials:

Paste
Faience

Iconography:

Bes

Description:

String of beads of multiple shapes and materials including faience and glass. Including central Bes pendant.

Length:

36cm

Credit Line:

Coxe Expedition to Nubia, Karanog, Aniba Cemetery

Current & Past Exhibitions:

Searching for Ancient Egypt: (1997 - 1997)

Bibliography:

[Book] O'Connor, David. 1993. Ancient Nubia: Egypt's Rival in Africa. : Page/Fig./Plate: 149

[Book] Silverman, David P. 1997. Searching for Ancient Egypt: Art, Architecture and Artifacts from the University of Pennsylvania Museum. : Page/Fig./Plate: 302-03

[Book] Woolley, C. Leonard; D. Randall-Maciver. 1910. Karanog; the Romano-Nubian Cemetery (text). Eckley B. Coxe Junior Expediton to Nubia, Vol III. : Page/Fig./Plate: 251

You may also be interested in these objects:

String of Beads