Ancient Egyptian beads from Hawara dated 1550 – 1295 BC

Necklace or bracelet of glass beads. Black and orange ring beads interspersed with double ring beads, attached side by side. The half of the double threaded through is orange glass, the half jutting out is orange glass backed, with a blue and white eye on the opposite side. Small modern paper tag threaded with the beads states in pencil XVIII H. See notes

Ancient Egyptian beads from Hawara dated 1550 – 1295 BC

Object details

  • Reference: BOLMG:AW172
  • Material: glass
  • Culture: Dynasty 18
  • Period: New Kingdom
  • Dated: 1550 - 1295 BC
  • Object name: beads
  • Dimensions: Length: 124mm , Width: 24mm , Diameter: 8mm
  • Site: Hawara
  • Latitude: 29.266667
  • Longitude: 30.9