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Sewert Bead
2134/1785 BC
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Egyptian
Unknown
Carved and polished carnelian
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Jewelry
African Art
Gift of the Mendes Excavation
80.76
Public Domain
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Provenance
Excavated at Mendes in the Eastern Nile Delta by the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University - American Research Center in Egypt excavations, Donald P. Hansen, Director. The bead was found in a disturbed context but near late Old Kingdom tombs.
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Mendes Excavation Number 1M11.
Peck, W. H., "A Sewert Bead from Mendes," THE JOURNAL OF THE SOCIETY FOR THE STUDY OF EGYPTIAN ANTIQUITES, vol XIII, 1983, pp 73, 74.
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Credit Line for Reproduction
Egyptian, Sewert Bead, 2134/1785 BC, Carved and polished carnelian. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of the Mendes Excavation, 80.76.
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