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Bead: E.123.1921

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Object information

Current Location: Gallery 24

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Description

A string of disk beads.

A string of faience disk beads. Excavated at the Sanam cemetery and from tomb 1459 (see also E.118.1921 and 121-124.1921, which are from the same tomb).

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Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

Meroitic
Production date: circa 700 BC

Components of the work

String Length 0.6 m

Materials used in production

Faïence

Techniques used in production

Mouldmade

Identification numbers

Accession number: E.123.1921
Primary reference Number: 52141
Oldadmincategory: B
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Audit data

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

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

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