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New Kingdom
These beads are made of faience, a non-clay ceramic material. They are threaded onto modern string and might originally have been part of necklaces that were given to the goddess Hathor as offerings.
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Title: Beads
Period: New Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 18
Date: ca. 1550–1295 B.C.
Geography: From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Deir el-Bahri, Egypt Exploration Fund excavations
Medium: Faience
Dimensions: L. of strand: 67.2 cm (26 7/16 in)
Credit Line: Gift of Egypt Exploration Fund, 1905
Object Number: 05.4.21a
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