Necklace of bone disc beads & shell strips
Bracelet
of shell strips and necklace of bone disc-beads. The material and forms
of these ornaments are typical of non-Egyptian nomads from the
southeastern deserts, peoples used by the Pharaonic administration as
policing officials in the Middle and New Kingdoms.
Present location NATIONAL MUSEUM OF IRELAND [30/002] DUBLIN
Inventory number 1901:799.1-8
Dating 2ND INTERMEDIATE PERIOD
Archaeological Site ABYDOS
Category NECKLACE
Material SHELL (MARINE); BONE; FAIENCE
Technique CARVED; PRESSED IN A FORM/MODEL; FORMED BY HAND
Bibliography
Margaret Murray, National Museum of Science and Art, General Guide III. Egyptian Antiquities, Dublin 1910, p. 26.
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