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. 

Objects: Miscellaneous Pieces Export: JSON - XML - CSV

Object U Number Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number) Museum Number (BM Registration Number) Museum Number (UPM B-number) Description (Catalog Card)
17116 (none) (none) (none) Amulet of baked clay roughly modeled in the form of a ram's head. [drawing 1:1]
17120 31-43-207 (none) (none) Amulet of dark grey steatite in form of a tortoise [drawing 1:1]
18133 (none) (none) (none) Amulet of glazed frit, bleached white the Egyptian Bes.
14494 31-17-87 (none) (none) Amulet of pink pebble. Rudely cut in form of a bird. [drawing 1:1]
18207B (none) (none) (none) Amulet or bead pendant. Gold in form of a pomegranate of rather thin metal, hollow [drawing 1:1]
15796 31-17-91 (none) (none) Amulet(?) Terracotta animal. Possibly a tortoise(?). [drawing 1:1]
15798 (none) (none) (none) Amulet(?) Figurine grotesque.
16400 (none) 1931,1010.88 (none) Amulet(?) Obsidian. In shape of birds head. Part of beak missing. Socketed and possibly for fitting on to some other material. [drawing 1:1]
653 (none) (none) (none) Amulet(?). Fragment. (lower part missing) of a seated lion(?) carved in brown pebble. [drawing]
18362 (none) (none) (none) Amulet, shell a pig (?) pierced vertically through the body. [drawing]
16643 (none) (none) (none) Amulet. Black steatite. In form of adze. [drawing 1:1]
13731 (none) (none) (none) Amulet. Black stone. In form of a dog. [drawing 1:1]
18851 35-1-31 (none) (none) Amulet. Blue glazed frit. Im-dugud (?) figure. The blue glaze has perished on the front but is well preserved behind. [drawing 1:1]
15802 (none) (none) (none) Amulet. Miniature animal. White calcite?
15799 31-17-89 (none) (none) Amulet. Monkey. Shell.
14944 (none) 1930,1213.152 (none) Amulet. Pink stone. A phallus. [drawing 1:1]
19167 (none) (none) (none) Amulet. Shell. In the form of a claw. [drawing 1:1]
15797 31-17-88 (none) (none) Amulet. White steatite(?) Double ended. Monkey and bear.
6331 (none) (none) (none) Amulet. Black diorite. About BC. 1900 (?) Inscription much defaced. B. [drawing 1:1]
17614 (none) (none) (none) Amulet. Black steatite. In the form of a frog. [drawing 1:1]
16758 31-43-197 (none) (none) Amulet. Blue glazed frit. In shape of goose with one wing extended. With crown(?) on head. Tip of crown & tip of base missing.
15806 (none) (none) (none) Amulet. Carnelian stamp seal. Engraved with figure of a squatting sphinx. [drawing 1:1]
1558 (none) (none) (none) Amulet. Cross. White chert. Perhaps originally glazed; pierced for suspension. [drawing 1:1]
18245 (none) (none) (none) Amulet. Dark grey steatite. Puzuzu head. Good minute work.
17759 32-40-315 (none) (none) Amulet. Frit. Frog. [drawing 1:1]

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Dress and Personal Ornaments > Miscellaneous Pieces


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