Ancient Egyptian necklace from Tell Nabasha

Thirty four carnelian beads strung on modern plastic thread into a necklace. The central part is made up of 19 graduated spheroid beads, the largest in the centre, getting smaller on either side. Either side of these are 14 barrel beads closer to cylinder beads in shape, and one spheroid at the end of one side.

Object details

  • Reference: BOLMG:1886.28.109
  • Material: carnelian
  • Excavator: W.M.F. Petrie
  • Object name: necklace
  • Dimensions: Length: 298mm , Width: 13mm , Depth: 13mm
  • Published references: Petrie W M F Tanis 2 1888
  • Site: Tell Nabasha
  • Latitude: 30.86
  • Longitude: 31.910556