Ancient Egyptian string of beads from Qaw el kibir dated 2686 - 2160 BC

Ancient Egyptian string of beads from Qaw el kibir dated 2686 – 2160 BC

String of 17 beads. Comprising 5 long blue glazed faience cylinders, 1 fancy blue glazed faience cylinder, 2 smaller blue glazed faience cylinders, 2 felspar cylinders, one mottled cylinder, 2 blue glazed faience spheroids, 3 blue glazed faience amulets, one steatite cylinder.

Object details

Reference: BOLMG:1923.21.22
Material: faience felspar steatite
Culture: Dynasty 3 - 8
Period: Old Kingdom
Excavator: Guy Brunton
Dated: 2686 - 2160 BC
Object name: string of beads
Dimensions: Length: 298mm , Width: 15mm , Depth: 8mm
Published references: Brunton Qau and BadariIII p.38
Site: Qaw el Kibir

Latitude: 26.9
Longitude: 31.516667