Egypt

Egypt

 

Half Moon terminal from a Broad Collar {wesekh}

bright blue glazed composition with nine holes on the straight side and one hole for suspension

12th Dynasty circa 1981-1975 BC [early reign of Amenemhat I]

2.75 x 1.5 inches

For a similar bead in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, see the Broad Collar excavated by the Metropolitan Museums Egyptian Expedition at Thebes, Southern Asasif in March 1920 from the Tomb of Wah {MMA 1102}

Provenance: Goddard and Josephine Dubois. Collected 1900-6

Exhibited: San Diego Museum of Man, 1968, #M189