Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art · jewelry

Necklace

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Accession: 09.889.313a
Find spot: Mesh'ali, Egypt, Egypt
Period: Predynastic Period, Naqada I
Date: ca. 3850–3500 B.C.E.
Date range: 3850 BCE – 3500 BCE
Materials: ['Quartz', 'carnelian', 'agate', 'steatite', 'serpentine']
Height: 48.0 cm
Repository: Brooklyn Museum
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Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art, Necklace (09.889.313a). Egyptian Inscriptions Database. https://egyptianinscriptions.org/object/41535

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Caption: Necklace, ca. 3850–3500 B.C.E.. Quartz, carnelian, agate, steatite, serpentine, Approximate length: 18 7/8 in. (48 cm) Largest pendant: 1/2 in. (1.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 09.889.313a.

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BKM-Accession 09.889.313a tier-2
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