Faience beads

Museum number:
6-13418
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21060013418
Accession number:
Acc.54/56/63/107
Description:
Beads: 37 blue and green glaze, 5 black spherical, broken, string blue cylindrical, 1 carnelian, 4 discs, 1 shell. [inv.: about 20 ball beads (faience), 5+ cylinder beads (faience), 1 shell, 1 barrel bead (amethyst), 20+ ring beads (carnelian), piece count: 47+]
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Tomb 409, Cemetery 100, Naga-ed-Der
Verbatim coll. place:
Cemetery 100; Tomb 409 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:
Amethyst, Carnelian, Faience (composite material), Glaze (coating by location), and Shell (animal material)
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Beads (pierced objects)
Department:
Ancient Egypt
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Faience beads, accession number 6-13418, described as Beads: 37 blue and green glaze, 5 black spherical, broken, string blue cylindrical, 1 carnelian, 4 discs, 1 shell. [inv.: about 20 ball beads (faience), 5+ cylinder beads (faience), 1 shell, 1 barrel bead (amethyst), 20+ ring beads (carnelian), piece count: 47+]Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Faience beads, accession number 6-13418, described as Beads: 37 blue and green glaze, 5 black spherical, broken, string blue cylindrical, 1 carnelian, 4 discs, 1 shell. [inv.: about 20 ball beads (faience), 5+ cylinder beads (faience), 1 shell, 1 barrel bead (amethyst), 20+ ring beads (carnelian), piece count: 47+]Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Faience beads, accession number 6-13418, described as Beads: 37 blue and green glaze, 5 black spherical, broken, string blue cylindrical, 1 carnelian, 4 discs, 1 shell. [inv.: about 20 ball beads (faience), 5+ cylinder beads (faience), 1 shell, 1 barrel bead (amethyst), 20+ ring beads (carnelian), piece count: 47+]Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Faience beads, accession number 6-13418, described as Beads: 37 blue and green glaze, 5 black spherical, broken, string blue cylindrical, 1 carnelian, 4 discs, 1 shell. [inv.: about 20 ball beads (faience), 5+ cylinder beads (faience), 1 shell, 1 barrel bead (amethyst), 20+ ring beads (carnelian), piece count: 47+]
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Faience beads, accession number 6-13418, described as Beads: 37 blue and green glaze, 5 black spherical, broken, string blue cylindrical, 1 carnelian, 4 discs, 1 shell. [inv.: about 20 ball beads (faience), 5+ cylinder beads (faience), 1 shell, 1 barrel bead (amethyst), 20+ ring beads (carnelian), piece count: 47+]

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