Reproduction
Object Category
pendants, beads
Description
String of faience disk beads that also includes mother of pearl pendants/amulets, previously identified as mica, in the form of stylized animals and a limestone oval pendant with a double suspension hole at the narrower end. The animal pendants include a fragment of a camel (probably a depiction of a camel of St. Menas), a bird and an inidentified animal. Pendants possibly Byzantine Period; other beads possibly earlier.
Production Period
(possible) Byzantine Period
Material
mother of pearl, faience, limestone, mica
Dimensions
Accession Number
LDUCE-UC71622
Administration Name
Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology
