Collection | ABDUA University of Aberdeen, Human Culture Collection |
Object Name | Bead (some) |
Object Number | ABDUA:22037 |
Other Number | B35 |
Other Number Type | old number |
Period | Predynastic / Early Dynastic Period |
Brief Description | A collection of various beads, in glazed ware, calcite, carnelian, lapis lazuli and steatite. |
Materials | faience, stone, carnelian, lapis lazuli, steatite |
Place Key | Africa, Egypt, Hierakonpolis |
Publication Note | LEMUR 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 Source | Pirie, A. Miss |