ear-plug;
ear-stud;
bead
- Museum number
- EA16443
- Description
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Ear-stud or bead of papyrus form: the fabric is opaque white glass, the shaft being decorated with a marvered dark-blue spiral. Light-green threads encircle the base of the shaft and the circumference of the disc.
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 0.70 centimetres (max. of shaft)
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Diameter: 0.55 centimetres (min. of shaft)
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Diameter: 1.55 centimetres (of disc)
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Length: 2.60 centimetres (of shaft)
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Length: 2.80 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Bibliography: Sale Catalogue, Henry Salt Collection, Sotheby, London, 28 June – 8 July 1835, lot 472.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1835
- Acquisition notes
- Lot 472 at sale.
- Department
- Egypt and Sudan
- BM/Big number
- EA16443
- Registration number
- .16443
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: BS.6270c (Birch Slip Number)
