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Beads
Late Period, Dynasty XXV 747 BCE-656 BCE

Medium
glass paste
Measurements
0.7 × 63.9 × 1.0 cm
Place/s of Execution
Egypt
Accession Number
D126-1982
Department
Antiquities
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Accessioned, 1982
Gallery location
Not on display
Physical description
Long string of small, roughly spherical green beads, interspersed with groups of five orange spherical/barrel-shaped beads. The ends of the string are finished with three tubular white beads and in the centre is a round, flat disk bead - orange with rings of black and white and a black centre. This is flanked by two tubular white beads. Modern stringing.