id:			94635
accession number:	1915.15
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1915.15
updated:		2023-03-03 07:01:03.704000

Fragment of a Necklace, 1540–1296 BC. Egypt, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18. Steatite, glass, carnelian, and faience; overall: 12 cm (4 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the British School of Archaeology in Egypt 1915.15

title:				Fragment of a Necklace
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creation date:			1540–1296 BC
creation date earliest:		-1540
creation date latest:		-1296
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creditline:			Gift of the British School of Archaeology in Egypt
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culture:	Egypt, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18
technique:	steatite, glass, carnelian, and faience
department:	Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art
collection:	Egypt - New Kingdom
type:		Jewelry
find spot:	El-Riqqa, tomb 26
catalogue raisonne: 

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measurements: Overall: 12 cm (4 3/4 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	British School of Archaeology in Egypt, gifted to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: 1914-1915
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1915-
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fun fact:
The carnelian bead, known by its fiery color, is broken and consists of little more than its suspension hole.

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wall description:
This necklace is a modern stringing from an assortment of beads made from glass, faience, glazed steatite (one amulet), and carnelian (one fragment). The glass beads include three eye beads, two barrel beads in opaque blue glass with white crumb decoration, one barrel bead in opaque blue glass, one turquoise barrel bead, one amber cylinder bead, and one blue cylinder bead. The eye beads were made with an opaque amber glass and decorated on the front with an eye in blue and white opaque glass. They are pierced through their sides and have a suspension loop at the top.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Berman, Lawrence M., and Kenneth J. Bohač.<em> Catalogue of Egyptian Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art.</em> Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1999
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 543; Mentioned: p. 543-4
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