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Black and white disk beads from a mummy net, the black beads forming hieroglyphs, part embedded in wax, part restrung, and 1 tubular bead
Method of acquisition: Given (1921)
Meroitic
Production date:
circa
750 BC
Lapis Bead Length 0.016 m
Accession number: E.174.1921
Primary reference Number: 52211
Oldadmincategory: B
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Antiquities
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