Bead String
E9195
Location: On Display in the Ancient Egypt: Discovery to Display
From: Egypt | Abydos
Curatorial Section: Egyptian
| Object Number | E9195 |
| Current Location | Ancient Egypt: Discovery to Display - On Display |
| Provenience | Egypt | Abydos |
| Locus | E 108 |
| Period | Middle Kingdom | Twelfth Dynasty |
| Date Made | 1938-1759 BCE |
| Section | Egyptian |
| Materials | Electrum |
| Iconography | Cowrie Shell |
| Description | These electrum beads are shaped like cowrie shells and may have formed part of a girdle. The beads are hollow and contain metalic pellets, which would have rattled as the wearer moved. E9191 shares photo. |
| Length | 25.4 cm |
| Width | 1.59 cm |
| Depth | 0.95 cm |
| Credit Line | Distribution from the Egyptian Research Account, 1900 |
| Other Number | AES 1886 - Other Number |
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