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Beads: E.GA.4711.1943

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String of carnelian and amethyst beads with 10 gold pomegranate (?) beads and a carnelian frog amulet

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1943) by Gayer-Anderson, Robert Grenville

Dating

Middle Kingdom
Circa -1963 BCE - Circa -1648 BCE

Components of the work

Frog Length 0.017 m

Materials used in production

Amethyst
Carnelian
Gold

Identification numbers

Accession number: E.GA.4711.1943
Primary reference Number: 59150
Oldadmincategory: B

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 18 July 2025

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Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Antiquities

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