Necklace



Accession Number
AB28
Current Location
House of Life (first floor), Faience and glass case
Object Type
Jewellery, Bead(s), String of beads
Period
Graeco-Roman Period
Material
Glass
Provenance
Egypt, Abydos
Number of Elements
1
Culture
Egyptian
Measurements
Length: 595mm

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Description

A string of yellow glass beads, some of which are core formed. Roman in date. The beads are on a modern string. Probably from Abydos. The object was gifted to the University of Wales, Aberystwyth by John Bancroft Willans, a subscriber of the Egypt Exploration Fund/Society, who received the object in 1903. Subsequently gifted to the Egypt Centre in 1997.


Last modified: 03 Jan 2023

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