British Museum — Department of Egypt and Sudan · jewelry
bead
Description
Amuletic string: composed of fifty small amethyst spherical beads, eighteen large amethyst long convex bicone beads, two cornelian sphinx amulets, and an uninscribed lapis lazuli scarab). One of the sphinx amulets (i.e. human-faced lion amulets) is carved in partly translucent cornelian; the head and rump are red. Details of eyes, nose and mouth are roughly… View more about description
Cross-references (2)
- BM-Object Y_EA3095 tier-2
- BM-Registration .3095 tier-2
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