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String of beads

String of beads
 Ptolemaic Period 332 BCE-30 BCE

Medium
faience
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented by the Committee of the Egypt Exploration Fund, 1899
Reproduction requests
Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium
faience
Measurements
1076.0 × 0.3 cm diameter
Place/s of Execution
Egypt
Inscription
none
Accession Number
706-D2
Department
Antiquities
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented by the Committee of the Egypt Exploration Fund, 1899
Reproduction requests
Gallery location
Not on display

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