Bracelet, faience beads
Production date
1550 BCE-1069 BCE
Country
Egypt
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Object detail
Description
Egyptian bracelet, comprised of a series of blue-green, cylindrical faience beads, varying slightly in size, shape and colour. The bracelet ends in two triangularly fashioned faience pieces, perhaps to aid closure via fastening.
Classification
ARCHAEOLOGY Egyptian
Production date
1550 BCE-1069 BCE
Measurements
L190mm x W22mm x D3mm
Media/Materials description
Egyptian faience is a ceramic material with a siliceous body and brightly coloured glaze.
Faience (composed of quartz, alkaline salts [natron or plant ash], lime, and metallic mineral-based colorant)
Glaze (formed by alkali and lime reacting with silica to form the glaze)
Faience (composed of quartz, alkaline salts [natron or plant ash], lime, and metallic mineral-based colorant)
Glaze (formed by alkali and lime reacting with silica to form the glaze)
History and use
Egyptian blue coloured faience cylindrical beads strung to make a bracelet for the tourist trade. It is likely these beads were once part of a mummy-bead net.
Registration number
E40131
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