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1937.56.54

Oval shaped faience bead with incised spider one one surface. [SM (Verve) 3/11/2016]

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1937.56.54

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Collection type: Object
Description: Oval shaped faience bead with incised spider one one surface. [SM (Verve) 3/11/2016]
Geographical reference: Egypt
Africa > Northern Africa > Egypt; Aswan Elephantine Island
Person: Field collector Unknown Collector; PRM source Department of Geology, Oxford University Museum of Natural History; PRM source Henry Wentworth Dyke Acland Collection; PRM source Oxford University Museum of Natural History
Date / Period: Archaeological period: Ancient Egyptian
Date collected: June 1911
Acquisition information: Transferred: 1937
Materials and processes: Material Faience Pottery, Material Bead, Process Inscribed
Dimensions: Length: max 8 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1937.56.54

Search terms: Bead, Pottery, Figure, Writing, Insignia, Insect Figure, Inscription, Seal