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This necklace is a modern stringing from an assortment of beads made from glass, faience, glazed steatite (one amulet), and carnelian (one fragment). The glass beads include three eye beads, two barrel beads in opaque blue glass with white crumb decoration, one barrel bead in opaque blue glass, one turquoise barrel bead, one amber cylinder bead, and one blue cylinder bead. The eye beads were made with an opaque amber glass and decorated on the front with an eye in blue and white opaque glass. They are pierced through their sides and have a suspension loop at the top.
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Document identity
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94635
label
Fragment of a Necklace
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object
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1
Source metadata
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94635
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object
title
Fragment of a Necklace
description
This necklace is a modern stringing from an assortment of beads made from glass, faience, glazed steatite (one amulet), and carnelian (one fragment). The glass beads include three eye beads, two barrel beads in opaque blue glass with white crumb decoration, one barrel bead in opaque blue glass, one turquoise barrel bead, one amber cylinder bead, and one blue cylinder bead. The eye beads were made with an opaque amber glass and decorated on the front with an eye in blue and white opaque glass. They are pierced through their sides and have a suspension loop at the top.
date
1540–1296 BCE
citation
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CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q79475075
genreSpecific
Jewelry
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1
source
import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 12 cm (4 3/4 in.)
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Egypt, New Kingdom (1540–1069 BCE), Dynasty 18
accession
1915.15
Source extras
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steatite, glass, carnelian, and faience
tombstone
Fragment of a Necklace, 1540–1296 BCE. Egypt, New Kingdom (1540–1069 BCE), Dynasty 18. Steatite, glass, carnelian, and faience; overall: 12 cm (4 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the British School of Archaeology in Egypt, 1915.15
collection
Egypt - New Kingdom
findSpot
El-Riqqa, tomb 26
didYouKnow
The carnelian bead, known by its fiery color, is broken and consists of little more than its suspension hole.
citations
citation
Berman, Lawrence M., and Kenneth J. Bohač.<em> Catalogue of Egyptian Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art.</em> Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1999
page_number
Reproduced: p. 543; Mentioned: p. 543-4
creditline
Gift of the British School of Archaeology in Egypt
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2026-05-29 05:01:57.866000
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94635
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Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art
coll
Egypt - New Kingdom
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steatite, glass, carnelian, and faience
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photo
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