Ancient Egyptian necklace from Abydos dated 2345 – 2181 BC

A necklace, a string of blue glazed faience beads. Cylinders, ten have come loose from the thread, a barrel bead, a disc bead, three spheroids, one of which may be green, and double ring beads. Modern plastic thread.

Ancient Egyptian necklace from Abydos dated 2345 – 2181 BC

Object details

  • Reference: BOLMG:1903.46.5
  • Material: faience
  • Culture: Dynasty 6
  • Period: Old Kingdom
  • Excavator: W.M.F. Petrie
  • Dated: 2345 - 2181 BC
  • Object name: necklace
  • Dimensions: Length (beads): 394mm , Length (with thread): 460mm , Width (largest bead): 7mm , Depth (largest bead): 7mm
  • Site: Abydos
  • Latitude: 26.185
  • Longitude: 31.918889