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Fragment of a Necklace

1540–1296 BC

The Cleveland Museum of Art

The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States

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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  • Title: Fragment of a Necklace
  • Date Created: 1540–1296 BC
  • Physical Dimensions: Overall: 12 cm (4 3/4 in.)
  • Provenance: British School of Archaeology in Egypt, gifted to the Cleveland Museum of Art, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Type: Jewelry
  • Rights: CC0
  • External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1915.15
  • Medium: steatite, glass, carnelian, and faience
  • Fun Fact: The carnelian bead, known by its fiery color, is broken and consists of little more than its suspension hole.
  • Department: Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art
  • Culture: Egypt, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18
  • Credit Line: Gift of the British School of Archaeology in Egypt
  • Collection: Egypt - New Kingdom
  • Accession Number: 1915.15
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