Bead
c. 1550 BC - c. 1292 BC
| Place of origin |
This piece was one of many items deposited during the New Kingdom at the mortuary temple of Deir el-Bahari, as a votive offering in the Hathor shrine within the temple complex. The turquoise colour typical of glazed composition was considered appropriate for this goddess, one of whose Epithets was 'Lady of Turquoise'.
Object details
| Category | |
| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Glazed composition |
| Brief description | Bead, blue glazed composition, Deir el-Bahari, Egypt, new Kingdom, Dynasty Eighteen |
| Physical description | Circular glazed composition bead, coloured in alternating bands of dark blue and an even darker, almost black-blue. Pierced centrally for suspension on either a necklace or bracelet. |
| Styles | |
| Credit line | Given by the Egypt Exploration Fund. |
| Object history | Found at Deir el-Bahari, 1903-4 excavation season. |
| Summary | This piece was one of many items deposited during the New Kingdom at the mortuary temple of Deir el-Bahari, as a votive offering in the Hathor shrine within the temple complex. The turquoise colour typical of glazed composition was considered appropriate for this goddess, one of whose Epithets was 'Lady of Turquoise'. |
| Bibliographic reference | Beads of this type illustrated in E. Naville, The XIth Dynasty Temple at Deir el-Bahari III. Egypt Exploration Fund Memoir 32 (London: Egypt Exploration Fund, 1913): Pl. 25, Fig. 1:1. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 1218-1904 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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