cowroid;
scaraboid
- Museum number
- EA57649
- Description
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String comprising 8 cowroids and 3 scaraboids, mostly of glazed composition: 1 green cowroid (incomplete) with band of incised decoration on back; 2 blue cowroids with bands of incised decoration on back and each with amuletic hieroglyph on base; 2 blue cowroids with incised crosses on base; 1 blue and 1 green cowroid, each with an ankh on the base; 1 blue-grey cowroid, with nfr-sign on base; 1 egyptian blue (?) scaraboid, with incised details on back, pierced longitudinally, base decorated with a cross; 1 blue scaraboid, some detail on back, pierced longitudinally, base decorated with an incised cross; 1 dark-blue scaraboid, elytra marked, pierced longitudinally, base unelaborated.
- Dimensions
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Length: 16.20 centimetres (string)
- Location
- Not on display
- Condition
- fair (some cowroids or scaraboids worn)
- Acquisition date
- 1924
- Department
- Egypt and Sudan
- BM/Big number
- EA57649
- Registration number
- 1924,1011.144