Bead String
Amulet
| Object Number: | E10898B.1 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Provenience: | Sudan Nubia Buhen |
| Locus: | K45 |
| Period: | Middle Kingdom Twelfth Dynasty |
| Date Made: | 1938-1759 BCE |
| Early Date: | 1938 |
| Late Date: | 1759 |
| Section: | Egyptian |
| Materials: | Gold |
| Iconography: | Lion Hawk Fly Flower |
| Length: | 38.1 cm |
| Width: | 0.12 cm |
| Depth: | 0.08 cm |
| Credit Line: | The Eckley B. Coxe Jr. Expedition to Nubia, Buhen; D. Randall-MacIver and C. L. Wooley, 1910 |
Description
String of gold beads with 2 lion clasps, 2 hemispherical beads, 2 fly amulets, 3 falcon amulets and one flower bud.
Current & Past Exhibitions:
| Five Thousand Years of Vanity (06 Jan 1944 - 28 Feb 1944) | 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: 17.159/1.27D,7.22 | 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: 202-203 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Book] Woolley, Charles L., and Randall-MacIver, David. 1911. The Eckley B. Coxe Junior Expedition to Nubia: Vol. VIII, Buhen (plates).. Philadelphia. The University Museum. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: plate 89 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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