Beads: string of alternating blue glaze spherical and tubular, length 38 cm, 15 blue glaze spherical, 1 disc. [inv.: a) faience beads on string, ball and tubular beads b) faience ball beads
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Tomb 276, Cemetery 100, Naga-ed-Der
Verbatim coll. place:
Cemetery 100; Tomb 276 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 Glaze (coating by location)