Beads
- Accession Number
- EC1122a
- Current Location
- In storage
- Object Types
- Material, Worked material | Jewellery, Bead(s), Loose bead(s)
- Materials
- Stone/minerals | Stone/minerals (Carnelian)
- Provenance
- Egypt
- Number of Elements
- 3
- Measurements
- Length: 27mm | Width: 23mm | Depth: 11mm (glass) Length: 16mm | Width: 14mm | Depth: 9mm (carved) Length: 21mm | Width: 5mm | Depth: 6mm (pink)
Licensing details
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- Description
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Two stone and one glass beads. The first is a carnelian bead shaped like a seal ring with carved ram-like figure bezel. The second is a rectangular highly polished pink stone. The last is a large flat circular orange translucent bead, possibly made of glass. These were purchased by Wellcome at auction in 1934.
- Wellcome Number
- 156673 (W)
- Auction Details
- 1934
- Previous Owner
- Sir Henry Solomon Wellcome (1853–1936)
- Acquisition
- Assumed long-term loan, The Wellcome Trust (15 Feb 1971)
