Ancient Egyptian beads from Qaw el kibir dated 2055 – 1985 BC

String of seventy eight blue faience ring beads, three larger blue faience ring beads, and one blue faience glass ring bead with two dark blue glass discs affixed to its exterior surface, six rhomboidal shaped beads in patterned dark blue glazed faience. One green stone spheroid bead and a steatite cylinder bead. Restrung on modern plastic thread.

Ancient Egyptian beads from Qaw el kibir dated 2055 – 1985 BC

Object details

  • Reference: BOLMG:1924.31.67
  • Material: faience
  • Culture: Dynasty 11
  • Period: Middle Kingdom
  • Excavator: Guy Brunton
  • Dated: 2055 - 1985 BC
  • Object name: beads
  • Dimensions: Length: 224mm , Width: 9mm , Depth: 8mm
  • Published references: Brunton G British School of Archaeology in Egypt and the Egyptian Research Account twenty ninth year 1923: Qau and Badari 2 1928
  • Site: Qaw el Kibir
  • Latitude: 26.9
  • Longitude: 31.516667