Ancient Egyptian string of beads from Mazguneh dated 1550 – 1295 BC

String of 39 degraded faience spheroid beads. Once blue and green, and possibly black, in colour. Some are plain, others have vertical incised lines for decoration, and others have slightly spirally incised lines. Beads are fairly similar in size, and fairly evenly between plain and decorated types. On modern plastic thread.

Ancient Egyptian string of beads from Mazguneh dated 1550 – 1295 BC

Object details

  • Reference: BOLMG:1911.58.27
  • Material: faience
  • Culture: Dynasty 18
  • Period: New Kingdom
  • Excavator: W.M.F. Petrie
  • Dated: 1550 - 1295 BC
  • Object name: string of beads
  • Dimensions: Length: 215mm , Width: 7mm , Depth: 7mm
  • Published references: Petrie W M F The Labyrinth Gerzeh and Mazghunheh 1912
  • Site: Mazguneh
  • Latitude: 29.75
  • Longitude: 31.25