Ancient Egyptian necklace from Abydos dated 1773 – after 1650 BC

A necklace of once blue and green faience cylinder beads, but now degraded on the surface. One loose bead in the box. Restrung on modern plastic wire.

Ancient Egyptian necklace from Abydos dated 1773 – after 1650 BC

Object details

  • Reference: BOLMG:1900.54.72
  • Material: faience
  • Culture: Dynasty 13
  • Period: Middle Kingdom
  • Excavator: John Garstang
  • Dated: 1773 - after 1650 BC
  • Object name: necklace
  • Dimensions: Length: 1320mm , Width: 70mm , Depth: 3mm
  • Published references: Garstang J El Arabah 1900 1901
  • Site: Abydos
  • Latitude: 26.185
  • Longitude: 31.918889