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Bead String

Object Number:E7925
Current Location: Collections Storage
Culture:Meroitic
Provenience: Egypt
Nubia
Karanog Cemetery
Locus: G 523
Date Made: 100BC-300AD
Early Date: -100
Late Date: 300
Section:Egyptian
Materials:Paste
Rock Crystal
Length: 12.5 cm
Credit Line:The Eckley B. Coxe Jr. Expedition to Nubia, Karanog, Aniba Cemetery; D. Randall-MacIver and C. L. Wooley, 1908

Description

Small string of beads (Seeds of Nubuq) made of paste and rock crystal. In the multimedia photo E7925 is in the center. 53 total beads.

Current & Past Exhibitions:

Searching for Ancient Egypt: (1997 - 1997) View Objects in Exhibition

Bibliography:

[Book] Wegner, Jennifer H., and Wegner, Josef W. 2015. The Sphinx That Traveled To Philadelphia.. Philadelphia. University of Pennsylvania Press. pg. 239 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: 17/1.27GView Objects related to this Actual Citation
[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] 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: 302-303View Objects related to this Actual Citation

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