<em>Cylinder Bead with Geometric Design</em>, ca. 1938–1700 B.C.E. Steatite, glaze, silver, 7/8 x 1/4 in. (2.2 x 0.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Theodora Wilbour from the collection of her father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 35.1184. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.35.1184_erg2.jpg)

Cylinder Bead with Geometric Design, ca. 1938–1700 B.C.E. Steatite, glaze, silver, 7/8 x 1/4 in. (2.2 x 0.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Theodora Wilbour from the collection of her father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 35.1184. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.35.1184_erg2.jpg)

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Cylinder Bead with Geometric Design

Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

MEDIUM Steatite, glaze, silver

Place Made: Egypt

DATES ca. 1938–1700 B.C.E.

DYNASTY Dynasty 12 to early Dynasty 13

PERIOD Middle Kingdom

DIMENSIONS 7/8 x 1/4 in. (2.2 x 0.6 cm) (show scale)

COLLECTIONS Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

ACCESSION NUMBER 35.1184

CREDIT LINE Gift of Theodora Wilbour from the collection of her father, Charles Edwin Wilbour

CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION Blue-green glazed faience cylinder seal (?) or bead. Entire surface divided into horizontal registers decorated with triangular pattern. One end enclosed within a silver band which presumably was originally duplicated at the other end. Condition: glaze worn thin in spots; surface cracking.

EXHIBITIONS

Egypt Reborn: Art for Eternity

MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view

CAPTION Cylinder Bead with Geometric Design, ca. 1938–1700 B.C.E. Steatite, glaze, silver, 7/8 x 1/4 in. (2.2 x 0.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Theodora Wilbour from the collection of her father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 35.1184. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.35.1184_erg2.jpg)

IMAGE overall, CUR.35.1184_erg2.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 11/26/2007

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