bead

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Object Type: bead
Museum number: EA69470
Description: Four globular beads of dark-coloured opaque glass, all pierced.
Excavator/field collector: Excavated by: British School of Archaeology, Egypt
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot: Qaw el-Kebir, 23/600
Materials: glass
Dimensions: Diameter: 1.03 centimetres (largest bead)
Bibliographic references: Adams 1977 / Egyptian objects in the Victoria and Albert Museum (p.47); Brunton 1930 / Qau and Badari III (III, p.39)
Location: Not on display
Condition: good
Acquisition name: Transferred from: Victoria and Albert Museum
Acquisition date: 1923
Department: Egypt and Sudan
BM/Big number: EA69470
Registration number: 1982,0526.220
Additional IDs: Previous owner/ex-collection number: C674-1923 (V&A number); Previous owner/ex-collection number: C674a-1923 (V&A number); Previous owner/ex-collection number: C674b-1923 (V&A number); Previous owner/ex-collection number: C674c-1923 (V&A number); Previous owner/ex-collection number: C674d-1923 (V&A number)

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