String of Beads

E3211

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

Curatorial Section: Egyptian

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Object Number E3211
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Egypt | Ballas (uncertain) | Naqada (uncertain)
Period Egyptian Predynastic Period
Date Made 5000-3000 BCE
Section Egyptian
Materials Gold | Lapis | Carnelian | Faience
Iconography Fly
Description

Disc - very tiny gold

Spheroid - small lapis, small carnelian

Barrel - 2 gold, 8 small gold, 2 lapis lazuli

Ring - 1 carnelian, a few small faience

Amulet - 1 carnelian fly

Credit Line Distribution from the Egyptian Research Account; William Flinders Petrie, 1895
Other Number ES2186LL - Other Number

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