Stone Bracelet

1973.4.265

Information

Finely polished Egyptian alabaster bracelet. Broken in two and later repaired with metal pins in antiquity. 111 mm in diameter with an internal diameter of 75 mm. Written in ink on one side of a label with the object: "Assuan Oct. 1913. No. 5"; on the other side in pencil: "1 stone ring broken from prehistoric site near Assuan". CONDITION NOTE (1998): Broken in two, bronze rivets are corroded, discolouration, surface dirt , cracking