EGYPT
Beads
Late Period, Dynasty XXV 747 BCE-656 BCE

Medium
glass paste

Measurements
0.7 × 63.9 × 1.0 cm

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Accessioned, 1982

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Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Egypt

Accession Number
D126-1982

Department
Antiquities

Physical description
Long string of small, roughly spherical green beads, interspersed with groups of five orange spherical/barrel-shaped beads. The ends of the string are finished with three tubular white beads and in the centre is a round, flat disk bead - orange with rings of black and white and a black centre. This is flanked by two tubular white beads. Modern stringing.

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EGYPT
Beads
Late Period, Dynasty XXV 747 BCE-656 BCE