bead
- Description
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Round bead in greyish white translucent semi-precious stone, identified as quartz or onyx; pierced through thickness for suspension; polished surface.
- Production date
- 30BC - 300
- Dimensions
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Thickness: 0.50 centimetres
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Width: 0.70 centimetres
- Curator's comments
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Object owned and held by Redpath Museum, Montreal. This record is included in the British Museum database as part of the Museum’s Naukratis Project, a research collaboration that aims to virtually re-unite finds from the ancient port city of Naukratis, now distributed over 80 museums worldwide.
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Xia type H8.
Xia, N. 2014, Ancient Egyptian Beads, Heidelberg.
- Location
- Not on display
- Condition
- Fair
- Department
- External
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: 2506.18 (Accession Number)