IDENTIFIERS
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id:	49555
accession number:	E.15.1898

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Tuesday 25 February 2020

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: 17 green glazed beads with a corkscrew pattern and tubular in form. Possibly part of a faience wig for a statue. Some of the beads have an elongated edge, suggesting the end of braided hair. Faince was a type of glazed material that was commonly used in Egypt. The beads would have been made in a mould.
title:	bead

LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Antiquities

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/49555





TECHNIQUES
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mouldmade

CATEGORIES
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category: jewellery

DATING
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creation date:	3000 - 2500
creation date earliest:	3000
creation date latest:	2500
culture:	Predynastic
culture:	Early Dynastic

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Length
units: cm
value: 4



CITATIONS
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Ancient Hierakonpolis. Supplement
Hierakonpolis II
Treasures of the Fitzwilliam Museum
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