British Museum — Department of Egypt and Sudan · jewelry

necklace (?)

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Description

Amuletic string: the string consists of long and short conical beads with two convex ends made of blue and green glazed composition, long and short convex bicone beads of amethyst, a four-celled fruit bead of bright-blue glazed composition, a scarab, sphinx or 'ba'-amulet and a Taweret amulet, all of green feldspar, and an amethyst baboon amulet. All the amulets… View more about description

Connections

Found at Abydos
Deities Taweret

Cross-references (2)

  • BM-Object Y_EA58611 tier-2
  • BM-Registration 1926,0728.184 tier-2
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