Necklace of bone disc beads & shell strips

Necklace of bone disc beads & shell strips

Bracelet of shell strips and necklace of bone disc-beads. The material and forms of these ornaments are typical of non-Egyptian nomads from the southeastern deserts, peoples used by the Pharaonic administration as policing officials in the Middle and New Kingdoms.

Present location

NATIONAL MUSEUM OF IRELAND [30/002] DUBLIN

Inventory number

1901:799.1-8

Dating

2ND INTERMEDIATE PERIOD

Archaeological Site

ABYDOS

Category

NECKLACE

Material

SHELL (MARINE); BONE; FAIENCE

Technique

CARVED; PRESSED IN A FORM/MODEL; FORMED BY HAND

Bibliography

• Margaret Murray, National Museum of Science and Art, General Guide III. Egyptian Antiquities, Dublin 1910, p. 26.

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