This category includdes objects like beads, pendants, and rosettes.  They are all small pieces of necklaces or bracelets that are not strung.  They may have been strung in antiquity, but are now separate and were not re-strung. 

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Object U Number Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number) Museum Number (BM Registration Number) Museum Number (UPM B-number) Description (Catalog Card)
1141 (none) (none) (none) Pebble head of snake. Green pebble. Pierced for suspension. [drawing 1:1]
1161 (none) (none) (none) Stone Pendant. Red polished stone, roughly conical, pierced for suspension (possibly an amulet?) [drawing 1:1]
1221 (none) (none) (none) Crumpled fragment of gold foil.
1263 (none) (none) (none) Barrel-shaped bead of baked clay, pierced lengthwise, and inscribed with 11 lines of a text (partly obliterated) relating to the dues of a temple for a 2 months of the year.
1270 (none) (none) B15724 Clay monkey. Light drab clay. Pierced for suspension. P. [drawing 1:1]
1271 (none) (none) (none) Clay tortoise. Light drab clay. Pierced for suspension. Under side plain. [drawing 1:1]
1272 (none) (none) B15720 Clay Frog. Light drab clay. Pierced for suspension. (small) P. [drawing]
1273 (none) (none) (none) Frog. Drab clay. Pierced for suspension. [drawing 1:1]
1274 (none) (none) B15719 Clay Frog. Light drab clay. With traces of green pigment (glaze?) pierced for suspension. Like U.1273. P.
1277 (none) (none) (none) Clay duck. Light clay. Pierced horizontally for suspension. (head missing) [drawing 1:1]
1279 (none) (none) B15721 Clay duck. Like U.1278. P.
1280 (none) (none) (none) Clay duck. Light. Clay. Pierced vertically for suspension. [drawing 1:1]
1281 (none) (none) (none) Clay duck. Like U.1280
1282 (none) (none) (none) Clay duck. Like U.1280
1283 (none) (none) (none) Clay duck. (head missing) Like U.1280.
1285 (none) (none) B15591 Stone amulet. (?) Black stone, polished. Conventionalized representation of two heads (possibly rams?) and bodied, shoulder to shoulder, the bodies adorned with incised lines - the back plain. (pierced vertically for suspension) [drawing 1:1]
1359 (none) (none) (none) Shell amulet. In form of a left hand; pierced at wrist for suspension. [drawing 1:1]
1396A (none) (none) (none) Beads. 3 strings made up from single horde: viz: A. 53 large beads. B. Many small beads and beads like miniature implements. C. Mainly small beads.
1396C (none) (none) (none) Beads. 3 strings made up from single horde: viz: A. 53 large beads. B. Many small beads and beads like miniature implements. C. Mainly small beads.
1425 (none) (none) B15595 Figurine. Upper part of small -silver- steatite figurine of a bearded and corpulent man holding left hand to breasts: right arm and legs missing. A small -prong- socket on top of the head served for suspension as a charm.
1439B (none) (none) B15597 Shell amulet. Lion couchant. Pierced for suspension.
1464 (none) (none) (none) Small clay model, apparently of a dog crouching on top of a box: perhaps used as a pendant charm.
1558 (none) (none) (none) Amulet. Cross. White chert. Perhaps originally glazed; pierced for suspension. [drawing 1:1]
1559 (none) (none) B15722 Amulet. Small duck. Clay, with traces of green glaze. Pierced vertically for suspension. P.
1621 (none) (none) (none) Amulet. Pig's head. Pierced between ears for suspension. [drawing 1:1]

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Dress and Personal Ornaments > Miscellaneous Pieces


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