Caption

Necklace with a scarab and an udjat eye. Necklace composed of six rows of faience tubular and disc-shaped beads, divided into short sections by faience and glass beads. Two amulets complement the whole – a scarab and the eye of Horus udjat. c. 1650–1800 BC, Egypt. Jewelry amulet; height 70 cm., An oval arrangement of beaded strands on a gray background forming a necklace with a central oval bead in a metallic brown tone flanked by several strands of cylindrical blue beads interspersed with small off-white and pale green spacer beads, a few round beads in green and mottled turquoise, a dark bead with white dots, a red bead with white dots, a yellow round bead with small red marks, multiple short sections of reddish-brown tubular beads, and a small irregular bright blue clasp-like element; overall colors visible include blue, off-white, pale green, reddish-brown, yellow, red, dark brown, metallic brown, turquoise, and gray.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A18_008

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Rights managed

Available size

70.8Mb (1.7Mb) / 20.0in x 13.8in / 6000 x 4125 (300dpi)

Keywords

Necklace scarab udjat eye Necklace composed six rows faience tubular disc-shaped beads divided short sections faience glass beads Two amulets complement whole – eye Horus udjat c 1650–1800 Bc Egypt Jewelry amulet height 70 cm oval arrangement beaded strands gray background forming necklace central oval bead metallic brown tone flanked several strands cylindrical blue beads interspersed small off-white pale green spacer beads round beads green mottled turquoise dark bead white dots red bead yellow round bead small red marks multiple short sections reddish-brown tubular beads small irregular bright blue clasp- element colors visible include blue off-white pale green reddish-brown dark brown metallic brown turquoise gray.