beads

Bead; barrel-shaped; brown concretionary stone. According to the excavators Caton-Thompson and Gardner (see publication) a natural cavity in the stone has been extended to make the perforation. From Fayum Kom W, strip N at latitude/longitude 135/16 (or, as in publication apparently, 135/15). Xia Nai catalogue number 236.

Fayum Neolithic Period

LDUCE-UC2536

236

Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology