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British Museum — Department of Egypt and Sudan · jewelry

amulet (Arabic: higab)

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Description

Necklace comprising five amulets: a tangled mass of string, a rectangular leather pouch and three cylindrical leather objects, one of which is now detached. The plaited leather supporting string of three leather strands, has knots at two points but is broken away in two places The rectangular pouch is a piece of leather folded so as to enable suspension from the… View more about description

Cross-references (2)

  • BM-Object Y_EA96506 tier-2
  • BM-Registration 2008,1008.5756 tier-2
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