String of Beads
| Object Number: | E16051B |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Provenience: | Sudan Nubia Buhen |
| Locus: | Tomb K 13 |
| Period: | New Kingdom |
| Date Made: | 1550-1070 BCE |
| Early Date: | -1550 |
| Late Date: | -1070 |
| Section: | Egyptian |
| Materials: | Beryl Glass Faience Amethyst |
| Length: | 50.5 cm |
| Credit Line: | The Eckley B. Coxe Jr. Expedition to Nubia, Buhen; D. Randall-MacIver and C. L. Wooley, 1910 |
Description
String of Beads is double strung with alternating cylinder and disk beads of faience interspersed with ball beads of beryl and multicolored glass.
Current & Past Exhibitions:
| Searching for Ancient Egypt: (1997 - 1997) | View Objects in Exhibition |
Bibliography:
| [Book] O'Connor, David B. 1993. Ancient Nubia: Egypt's Rival in Africa.. The University Museum. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: 139 | View 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: 200-01 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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