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Stone beads: E.114.1921

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Object information

Current Location: Gallery 24

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Stone beads

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Description

A string of disk beads.

A string of disk beads, made from flint. Natural materials were used throughout Egyptian and Nubian history to make objects such as beads. Creating such small objects from shells and stones was not an easy task and may have taken as much time as making a bead from a mould. Found in a grave with E.113.1921 and E.117.1921.

Measurements and weight

Diameter: 0.007 m

Find spot

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1921) by Oxford Expedition to Nubia

Dating

Meroitic
Third Intermediate period
Circa -700 BCE - -600 BCE

Components of the work

String Length 0.06 m

Materials used in production

Flint

Techniques used in production

Drilled
Napped

Identification numbers

Accession number: E.114.1921
Primary reference Number: 52133
Oldadmincategory: B
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020 Last processed: Wednesday 13 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Antiquities

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