Faience Necklace with Added Amulet
Faience Necklace with Added Amulet
Place of OriginEgypt
DateLate Period, Dynasty 25 - 31
Dimensionsoverall: 9 in. (22.9 cm)
MediumFaience beads, restrung in modern times
ClassificationJewelry
Credit LineGift of the Egyptian Exploration Society
Object number
1925.1067
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DescriptionA necklace composed of faience beads in various shapes, including disc, tubular, and teardrop-shaped pendants. The beads exhibit blue-green hues characteristic of Egyptian faience. Restrung in modern times with elements from multiple original pieces.
Probably Late Helladic III, about the 14th-12th century BCE
1st-4th century CE
19th century
Ptolemaic - Roman period
Mid-fourth through early third centuries BCE
Late first century BCE to early first century CE
New Kingdom, Dynasty 18-20
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