Ancient Egyptian bead necklace set from Badari dated 2345 – 2181 BC

Beads and amulets on three strings plus fragments,comprising: :a)14 bone human head amulets,4 shell slices,23 short gn.gl.steatite cylinders; b)7 gl.amulets,8 bone amulets,4 bone barrels;2 steatite cylinders,4 crumb beads,one steatite flattened spheroid; c)17 gl.amulets,4 fancy gl.cylinders,3 crumb beads,one carnelian barrel. d)fgts.inc.amulets,shell slice,cylinders,& copper rings on orig.thread.

Object details

  • Reference: BOLMG:1925.45.6
  • Material: bone carnelian copper alloy faience ivory shell steatite
  • Culture: Dynasty 6
  • Period: Old Kingdom
  • Excavator: Guy Brunton
  • Dated: 2345 - 2181 BC
  • Object name: bead necklace set
  • Dimensions: Length (string a): 420mm , Width (string a): 15mm , Depth (string a): 8mm , Length (string b): 455mm , Width (string b): 20mm , Depth (string b): 8mm , Length (string c): 500mm , Width (string c): 17
  • Published references: Brunton Qau and Badari I p 32 pl XLVIII II pl LVIII reg
  • Site: Badari
  • Latitude: 26.9925
  • Longitude: 31.4156