Stone beads

Museum number:
6-10402
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.54/56/63/107
Description:
beads: thick white limestone, one white limestone barrel-shaped, one white limestone tubular, three black cylindrical, four blue discs
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Tomb 673, Cemetery 500, Naga-ed-Der
Verbatim coll. place:
C500-900 G673
Culture or time period:
2nd Dynasty of Egypt (2890–2686 BC), 3rd Dynasty of Egypt (2686–2125 BC), 4th Dynasty of Egypt (2613–2494 BC), 5th Dynasty of Egypt (2494–2345 BC), and 6th Dynasty of Egypt (2345–2181 BC)
Collector:
George Andrew Reisner
Collection date:
1901-1903
Materials:
Bone (material), Ceramic (material), and Limestone
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Beads (pierced objects)
Department:
Ancient Egypt
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Stone beads, accession number 6-10402, described as beads: thick white limestone, one white limestone barrel-shaped, one white limestone tubular, three black cylindrical, four blue discsHearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Stone beads, accession number 6-10402, described as beads: thick white limestone, one white limestone barrel-shaped, one white limestone tubular, three black cylindrical, four blue discsHearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Stone beads, accession number 6-10402, described as beads: thick white limestone, one white limestone barrel-shaped, one white limestone tubular, three black cylindrical, four blue discs
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Stone beads, accession number 6-10402, described as beads: thick white limestone, one white limestone barrel-shaped, one white limestone tubular, three black cylindrical, four blue discs

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