bead;
ring
- Museum number
- EA87367
- Description
-
ear-ring in carnelian and 6 faience beads
A: fragment of ear-ring made of carnelian, rounded triangular in section, no further decoration.
B: two cylindrical segmented beads, made of faience, white, both broken off
C: two disc-shaped beads, the slightly larger is made of light green glazed faience, the smaller one is made of ostrich eggshell
D: one elongated sphere bead made of faience, white
E: one ring-shaped bead made of faience, faint traces of blue glaze
- Dimensions
-
Diameter: 1.41 centimetres (part A inner)
-
Diameter: 0.72 centimetres (part A outer)
-
Diameter: 0.40 centimetres (part B max)
-
Diameter: 0.12 centimetres (part B perforation)
-
Diameter: 0.63 centimetres (part C max)
-
Diameter: 0.28 centimetres (part C perforation)
-
Diameter: 0.47 centimetres (part D max)
-
Diameter: 0.15 centimetres (part D perforation)
-
Diameter: 0.57 centimetres (part E max)
-
Diameter: 0.20 centimetres (part E perforation)
-
Height: 0.40 centimetres (part A)
-
Height: 0.85 centimetres (part B)
-
Height: 0.14 centimetres (part C)
-
Height: 0.54 centimetres (part D)
-
Height: 0.38 centimetres (part E)
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 2016
- Acquisition notes
- Formerly housed by the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery and the EES London.
- Department
- Egypt and Sudan
- BM/Big number
- EA87367
- Registration number
- 2016,1001.1283