Mar 2, 2024
Collar; amulet - British Museum Collection
Inventory Number: EA67171 Second Intermediate (Pan Grave) - Early New Kingdom (Dynasty 18) Location Information: Giza (Governorate): Saqqara (Memphis)
Description:
Collar: composed of sixty-four long thin cylinders of green with some blue glazed composition strung vertically to form a collar. The beads are graded in size, the shortest at the ends. From the longest cylinder at the centre hangs a green glazed composition amulet of indeterminate shape; it is possibly just a notched cylinder. At each end of the collar is strung a green glazed composition oblate bead.