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Necklace: E.167.1921

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Object information

Current Location: Gallery 24

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necklace

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Description

A string of 10 barrel beads, green frit

A string of 10 barrel beads made in green frit (a material used in glass making). From grave 435 in the Sanam cemetery along with E.162.1921 and E.165.1921.

Measurements and weight

Length: 0.015 m

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Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

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

Materials used in production

Frit

Techniques used in production

Mouldmade

Identification numbers

Accession number: E.167.1921
Primary reference Number: 52194
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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