Spacer Bead Inscribed for King Aramatelqo

Unknownca. 568-555 B.C.E.

Brooklyn Museum
Brooklyn, New York City, United States

Sheet gold space bead, shape of a truncated pyramid. Long sides inscribed with incised nomen, prenomen and epithets of King Aramatelqo. Short sides undecorated and pierced with seven circular openings for insertion of necklace strands. Interior hollow. Condition: Intact.

Details

Title: Spacer Bead Inscribed for King Aramatelqo
Creator: Unknown
Date Created: ca. 568-555 B.C.E.
Type: Accessory, Jewelry
Rights: Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund
External Link: http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/3530/Spacer_Bead_Inscribed_for_King_Aramatelqo
Medium: Sheet gold
Place excavated: Meroe, Sudan
Period: Napatan Period
Dimensions: 1 13/16 x 1 1/8 x 3/8 in. (4.6 x 2.8 x 0.9 cm)
Collection: Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
Accession number: 49.29

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