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CollectionABDUA University of Aberdeen, Human Culture Collection
Object NameBead (some)
Object NumberABDUA:22037
Other NumberB35
Other Number Typeold number
PeriodPredynastic / Early Dynastic Period
Brief DescriptionA collection of various beads, in glazed ware, calcite, carnelian, lapis lazuli and steatite.
Materialsfaience, stone, carnelian, lapis lazuli, steatite
Place KeyAfrica, Egypt, Hierakonpolis
Publication NoteLEMUR Database. Reid, R W, 1912, Illustrated Catalogue of the Anthropological Museum, University of Aberdeen, p81 (and some are illustrated). Reid states that the beads are "very early and rare form". The beads were collected in Hierakonpolis in 1898.
Aquisition SourcePirie, A. Miss
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