Necklace

E7755

From: Egypt | Nubia | Karanog Cemetery

Curatorial Section: Egyptian

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Object Number E7755
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Meroitic
Provenience Egypt | Nubia | Karanog Cemetery
Locus G 26
Date Made 100 BCE-300 CE
Section Egyptian
Materials Hematite | Quartz | Glass | Carnelian | Faience
Description

Child's necklace consisting of large round ball-shaped beads of multicolored stone (quartz, hematite and carnelian). At the center is a pendant with a stylized winged creature.

Length 28 cm
Credit Line The Eckley B. Coxe Jr. Expedition to Nubia, Karanog, Aniba Cemetery; D. Randall-MacIver and C. L. Wooley, 1908

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