Beads

Museum number:
6-12971
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.54/56/63/107
Description:
Beads on original string: 1 green cylindrical, 1 dark blue cylindrical, 3 green spherical, 4 carnelian pear-shaped, 4 carnelian, 4 crystal. [inv.: ring beads]
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Tomb 257, Cemetery 100, Naga-ed-Der
Verbatim coll. place:
Cemetery 100; Tomb 257 Cemetery 100
Culture or time period:
11th Dynasty of Egypt (2125–1985 BC), 12th Dynasty of Egypt (1985–1773 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:
Carnelian, Crystal (material by form), and Faience (composite material)
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Beads (pierced objects)
Department:
Ancient Egypt
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Beads, accession number 6-12971, described as Beads on original string: 1 green cylindrical, 1 dark blue cylindrical, 3 green spherical, 4 carnelian pear-shaped, 4 carnelian, 4 crystal. [inv.: ring beads]
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Beads, accession number 6-12971, described as Beads on original string: 1 green cylindrical, 1 dark blue cylindrical, 3 green spherical, 4 carnelian pear-shaped, 4 carnelian, 4 crystal. [inv.: ring beads]

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