Beads

Museum number:
6-13604
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
431 (field number)
Accession number:
Acc.54/56/63/107
Description:
Beads on original string: 16 blue discs,1 black barrel-shaped, 1 white disc, 1 blue spherical, 2 blue. [inv.: necklace, 1 Taweret amulet, various faience beads, 1 tooth, on original string, original object count: 21].
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Tomb 431, Cemetery 100, Naga-ed-Der
Verbatim coll. place:
Cemetery 100; Tomb 431 Cemetery 100
Culture or time period:
11th Dynasty of Egypt (2125–1985 BC), 12th Dynasty of Egypt (1985–1773 BC), 6th Dynasty of Egypt (2345–2181 BC), 7th & 8th Dynasties of Egypt (2181–2160 BC), and 9th & 10th Dynasties of Egypt (2160–2055 BC)
Collector:
George Andrew Reisner
Collection date:
1901-1903
Materials:
Faience (composite material) and Tooth (material)
Person depicted:
Taweret (Egyptian deity)
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Amulets and Beads (pierced objects)
Department:
Ancient Egypt
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Beads, accession number 6-13604, described as Beads on original string: 16 blue discs,1 black barrel-shaped, 1 white disc, 1 blue spherical, 2 blue. [inv.: necklace, 1 Taweret amulet, various faience beads, 1 tooth, on original string, original object count: 21].
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Beads, accession number 6-13604, described as Beads on original string: 16 blue discs,1 black barrel-shaped, 1 white disc, 1 blue spherical, 2 blue. [inv.: necklace, 1 Taweret amulet, various faience beads, 1 tooth, on original string, original object count: 21].

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