Bead
c. 1550 BC - c. 1077 BC
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Rectangular blue glazed composition bead, pierced for stringing to either a bracelet or necklace to act as a spacer. The front is decorated in relief with an archer holding a bow.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Blue glazed composition |
| Brief description | Bead with figurative design, blue glazed composition, Deir el-Bahari, Egypt, New Kingdom |
| Physical description | Rectangular blue glazed composition bead, pierced for stringing to either a bracelet or necklace to act as a spacer. The front is decorated in relief with an archer holding a bow. |
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| Credit line | Given by the Egypt Exploration Fund. |
| Object history | Found at Deir el-Bahari, 1904-5 excavation season. The object is one of a large number of votive objects dedicated to the goddess Hathor found at the site, originally deposited in the shrine to Hathor within the temple. |
| Bibliographic reference | G. Pinch, Votive Offerings to Hathor (Oxford, 1993): 268. |
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| Accession number | 680-1905 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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