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Necklace

Object Number:E7922
Current Location: Collections Storage
Culture:Meroitic
Provenience: Egypt
Nubia
Karanog Cemetery
Locus: G723
Date Made: 100BC-300AD
Early Date: -100
Late Date: 300
Section:Egyptian
Materials:Carnelian
Glass
Technique:Gilded
Length: 40.3 cm
Credit Line:The Eckley B. Coxe Jr. Expedition to Nubia, Karanog, Aniba Cemetery; D. Randall-MacIver and C. L. Wooley, 1908

Description

Necklace with gilded glass beads and red glass and carnelian beads. In the multimedia photo, E 7922 is on the outside. Original order

Current & Past Exhibitions:

Upper Egyptian Gallery (1983 - 1991) 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: 257View 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: 150/112View 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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