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Fragment of a Necklace
The collection record classifies this work as jewelry. It is dated 1540–1296 BCE. Recorded culture or place: Egypt, New Kingdom (1540–1069 BCE), Dynasty 18.
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- Museum title
- Fragment of a Necklace
- Date
- 1540–1296 BCE
- Culture / origin
- Egypt, New Kingdom (1540–1069 BCE), Dynasty 18
- Materials and technique
- steatite, glass, carnelian, and faience
- Dimensions
- Overall: 12 cm (4 3/4 in.)
- Artist / maker
- Not specified by the museum
- Museum
- The Cleveland Museum of Art
- Accession number
- 1915.15
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The following description is reproduced from the Cleveland Museum of Art’s original English record.
This necklace is a modern stringing from an assortment of beads made from glass, faience, glazed steatite (one amulet), and carnelian (one fragment). The glass beads include three eye beads, two barrel beads in opaque blue glass with white crumb decoration, one barrel bead in opaque blue glass, one turquoise barrel bead, one amber cylinder bead, and one blue cylinder bead. The eye beads were made with an opaque amber glass and decorated on the front with an eye in blue and white opaque glass. They are pierced through their sides and have a suspension loop at the top.
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The Cleveland Museum of Art · Gift of the British School of Archaeology in Egypt · CC0
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