Ancient Egyptian string of beads from Tell Nabasha

Green blue glazed faience tapered cylinder beads, separated one from the other by green blue and yellow glazed faience ring beads, with some blue disc beads. Strung on a modern string. Possibly an anklet or bracelet.

Ancient Egyptian string of beads from Tell Nabasha

Object details

  • Reference: BOLMG:1886.28.106
  • Material: faience
  • Excavator: W.M.F. Petrie
  • Object name: string of beads
  • Dimensions: Length: 86mm , Width: 40mm , Depth: 5mm
  • Published references: Petrie W M F Tanis 2 1888
  • Site: Tell Nabasha
  • Latitude: 30.86
  • Longitude: 31.910556