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bead
Object Type
bead
Museum number
EA23471
Description
String of 22 beads of truncated bicone or barrel -shape, ten made of cornelian (one incomplete) and twelve (one bigger) of agate or onyx with black and white stratification.
Cultures/periods
Roman Period
(?)
Excavator/field collector
Excavated by:
Egypt Exploration Fund
Findspot
Excavated/Findspot:
Tell Dafana
Materials
agate
onyx
cornelian
Dimensions
Diameter:
1.35 centimetres
(max.)
Length:
34.90 centimetres
(string)
Curator's comments
On stone beads, see W.M.F. Petrie, Tanis ii, Nebesheh and Defenneh, p. 79 § 79
Bibliographic references
Petrie 1888 / Tanis. Part II. Nebesheh (Am) and Defenneh (Tahpanhes)
(p. 79 § 79)
Leclère and Spencer 2014 / Tell Dafana Reconsidered: The Archaeology of an Egyptian Frontier Town
(p.85, p.187, pl.29)
Location
Not on display
Condition
fair
Acquisition name
Donated by:
Egypt Exploration Fund
Acquisition date
1887
Department
Egypt and Sudan
BM/Big number
EA23471
Registration number
1887,0101.1519