Quartz cylinder bead, with a hole through the centre, suggesting that the object was sewn onto something. The exact function of this object is unknown. There are three similar objects, of which this is one, housed in the Fitzwilliam Museum and from the Main Temple Deposit at Hierakonpolis.
Length: 3 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1898) by Egyptian Research Account
Predynastic
Early Dynastic Period
About
-3000
-
About
-2500
Accession number: E.36a.1898
Primary reference Number: 49592
Oldadmincategory: B
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Antiquities
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