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Beads

Object Number:E7877
Current Location: Collections Storage
Culture:Meroitic
Provenience: Egypt
Nubia
Karanog Cemetery
Locus: G 361
Date Made: 100 BCE-300 CE
Early Date: -100
Late Date: 300
Section:Egyptian
Materials:Glass
Paste
Length: 61 cm
Credit Line:The Eckley B. Coxe Jr. Expedition to Nubia, Karanog, Aniba Cemetery; D. Randall-MacIver and C. L. Wooley, 1908

Description

Gilt glass, spheroids. Original order. (per card) Black and white glass beads with a swirled design.

Current & Past Exhibitions:

Upper Egyptian Gallery (1983 - 1991) View Objects in Exhibition
Nubian Room ( Oct 1967 - 1977) View Objects in Exhibition
Searching for Ancient Egypt: (1997 - 1997) View Objects in Exhibition

Bibliography:

[Book] Randall-MacIver, David, and Woolley, Charles L. 1910. Karanog; the Romano-Nubian Cemetery (text).. Philadelphia. The University Museum. Vol. Eckley B. Coxe Junior Expediton to Nubia, III. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: 255View Objects related to this Actual Citation
[Book] O'Connor, David B. 1993. Ancient Nubia: Egypt's Rival in Africa.. The University Museum. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: 150View Objects related to this Actual Citation
[Book] Silverman, David P. 1997. Searching for Ancient Egypt: Art, Architecture and Artifacts from the University of Pennsylvania Museum.. Cornell University Press. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: 302-03View Objects related to this Actual Citation

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