Ure Museum Database



Browse
Accession_Number E.23.51
Shape Bead
Shape_description
Material Faience
Fabric Egyptian
Fabric_description
Munsell_color
Decoration A long flat beadm the top in rounded, the underside is flat and the edges appear to have been bluntly serrated. Turquoise in colour.
Inscriptions
Condition In tact and complete (although presumabley once part of a necklace). Most of the blue glaze has worn away.
Technique/Style
Provenance Unknown
Period New Kingdom: 20 dynasty
Date 1539-1295
Dating_details
Artist
Attribution
Image

2002.98.0995.jpg
View of a turquoise bead.

2002.98.0999.jpg
View of a turquoise bead.
Comparanda
Bibliography
Archive_Ref
Beazley_DB
Height 2.7
Diameters 0.7
Handle_height
Other_dims.
Location 11.1.13
Edited_by Leigh
Date_edited 11/9/02
The Ure Museum is part of
The University of Reading, Whiteknights, PO Box 217, Reading, RG6 6AH