Beads and pendant from the burial goods of a child of the Naqada I Period, in the early fourth millennium BC.The child wore a copper bangle on the left wrist, and glazed steatite beads and a carnelian pendant at the neck; behind the body was found a fish-shaped palette for grinding green eye paint.
Present location |
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF IRELAND [30/002] DUBLIN |
Inventory number |
1909:322-3 |
Dating |
NAQADA I |
Archaeological Site |
EL-MAHASNA |
Category |
BEAD |
Material |
CARNELIAN; STEATITE/SOAP STONE; GLAZE |
Technique |
CARVED; POLISHED |