Ancient Egyptian necklace from Abydos dated 1773 – after 1650 BC

Necklace of once blue and green faience cylinder beads. Surfaces now badly degraded.

Ancient Egyptian necklace from Abydos dated 1773 – after 1650 BC

Object details

  • Reference: BOLMG:1900.54.73
  • Material: faience
  • Culture: Dynasty 13
  • Period: Middle Kingdom
  • Excavator: John Garstang
  • Dated: 1773 - after 1650 BC
  • Object name: necklace
  • Dimensions: Length: 649mm , Width: 71mm , Depth: 4mm
  • Published references: Garstang J El Arabah 1900 1901
  • Site: Abydos
  • Latitude: 26.185
  • Longitude: 31.918889