Ancient Egyptian necklace from Abydos dated 945 – 715 BC

String of blue faience ring beads, with one carnelian ring bead, one carnelian short cylinder bead, one red faience triple ring bead and one red faience quadruple ring bead. Re-strung on modern plastic wire.

Ancient Egyptian necklace from Abydos dated 945 – 715 BC

Object details

  • Reference: BOLMG:1912.36.17
  • Material: faience
  • Culture: Dynasty 22
  • Period: Third Intermediate Period
  • Excavator: T.E. Peet
  • Dated: 945 - 715 BC
  • Object name: necklace
  • Dimensions: Length: 385mm , Width: 3mm , Depth: 3mm
  • Published references: Peet T E The Cemeteries of Abydos 1911 - 1912 2 1914 p 47 pl IX Fig 10
  • Site: Abydos
  • Latitude: 26.185
  • Longitude: 31.918889