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Collections: Egyptian, Classical, and Ancient Middle Eastern Art: Single-Strand Necklace

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Single-Strand Necklace

Medium: Faience
Possible Place Collected: Thebes, Malkata, Egypt
Dates: ca. 1332-1292 B.C.E.
Dynasty: late XVIII Dynasty
Period: New Kingdom
Dimensions: 3/8 x 6 13/16 in. (1 x 17.3 cm)
Collections: Egyptian, Classical, and Ancient Middle Eastern Art
Museum Location: This item is not on view
Accession Number: 48.66.43
Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Lawrence Coolidge and Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, and the Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund
Image: Overall, 48.66.43_PS2.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2006

Catalogue Description: Single-strand faience necklace. In center, purple glazed frog with Ma'at feather incised on base. On each side, separated by group of eleven small yellow, blue and red disk beads, five glazed amulets (uraeus, disk, cartouche, etc.). Longer section of disk beads at each end. Obviously an assembled piece. Condition: Cartouche amulet broken. Inscription seems to read m rn.f.

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