Girdle of ball beads and cowries with scarab ca. 1802–1450 Late Middle Kingdom–Early New Kingdom This group of beads was found in a heap west of the pyramid of Amenemhat I, apparently thrown there by plunderers. The scarab that has been strung in the center dates to mid to late Dynasty 13 and has been assigned to a workshop at the Delta site of Tell el-Dab'a (see Headband with Heads of Gazelles). It is inscribed with the letters p, t, and h, and with a papyrus plant, but this does not spell a name. The other elements on this string are ball beads and beads in the shape of cowrie
Girdle of ball beads and cowries with scarab ca. 1802–1450 Late Middle Kingdom–Early New Kingdom This group of beads was found in a heap west of the pyramid of Amenemhat I, apparently thrown there by plunderers. The scarab that has been strung in the center dates to mid to late Dynasty 13 and has been assigned to a workshop at the Delta site of Tell el-Dab'a (see Headband with Heads of Gazelles). It is inscribed with the letters p, t, and h, and with a papyrus plant, but this does not spell a name. The other elements on this string are ball beads and beads in the shape of cowrie Girdle of ball beads and cowries with scarab. ca. 1802–1450 Faience, glazed steatite. Late Middle Kingdom–Early New Kingdom. From Egypt, Memphite Region, Lisht North, Cemetery, west of Pyramid, plunderers heap, MMA excavations, 1920–22. Dynasty 13–18, early
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