Beads
- Accession Number
- AR50/3465
- Current Location
- House of Life (first floor), Predynastic case
- Object Type
- Jewellery, Bead(s), String of beads
- Period
- Predynastic Period
- Materials
- Stone/minerals (Carnelian) | Stone/minerals (Serpentine) | Stone/minerals (Steatite)
- Provenance
- Egypt, Armant, Grave 1656
- Number of Elements
- 3 beads
- Measurements
- Height: 19mm | Length: 4mm (largest bead)
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- Description
-
Three stone beads from Armant, grave 1656 (the grave of an adult). The Petrie museum distribution list describes these as being made of carnelian, serpentine and steatite.
- Other Identity
- B.56 | 1656
- Previous Owners
- Egypt Exploration Society | University College London
- Excavation Details
-
Egypt Exploration Society
- Acquisition
- Assumed long-term loan, The Wellcome Trust (15 Feb 1971)
