Rectangular Bead W/ Modern Gold Necklace
date: label: Accession Date
content: 15 Jul 1997
label: Collection Date
content: 1955 to 1956
name: label: Collector
content: Walter J. Clark
label: Donor Name
content: Walter J. Clark
notes: label: Notes
content: GREEN RECTANGULAR BEAD HAS FLAT UNDERSIDE W/ RAISED TOP. HAS INCISED DESIGNS ON BOTH SURFACES. HOLES PIERCED THROUGH LENGTHWISE.
label: Notes
content: Rectangular Hathor bead/scarab. Inscription on back invokes Ramses II. Probably 19th Dynasty - this was the first appearance of the rectangular bead form. Per Johns Hopkins University Egyptologist Betsy Bryan, there are a number of small objects associated with Hathor for Ramses II. Perhaps these celebrated the Abu Simbel temples where Nefertari (his wife) was associated with Hathor and Ramses with the sun gods. If this were true, then this might fall into the commemorative category of item, but might confuse since it doesn't have a typical scarab form.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 19 Jul 2017
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Cairo (purchased here), Lower Egypt, Egypt, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Archaeology
culture: label: Culture
content: Egyptian, New Kingdom Period, Dynasty XIX
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 409928
label: USNM Number
content: A553339-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Bead / Necklace
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 1.9 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 1.4 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 0.7 cm