Beads

56.21.412

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A modern arrangement of beads and amulets from unrecorded excavations. The long cylinder and small disc beads are probably from a funerary net. The arrangement includes four amulets: Isis nursing Horus; a plaque with the head of Bes; an openwork quadruple wedjat (eye of Horus) amulet; and a cat amulet. Modern yellow metal clasp fittings at the ends. CONDITION NOTE 1998: Worn, surface loss, chipped, concretions, surface dirt. Purchased from the collections of Norwich Castle Museum (donated by Miss Keen in 1932). The same source as 56.21.404..