String of Beads and Taweret Amulet

16.11.06.9

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String of beads and amulets: one green jasper lentoid bead 13 mm; one silver Taweret amulet 18 mm; five carnelain hippopotamus heads 7.5 mm; three amethyst hippopotamus heads 7.5 mm; four feldspar hippopotamus heads 7.5 mm. Fine technique and good preservation. From the 'western pit' grave of Abydos Tomb 16 A'06 that consisted of two pit graves. Register entry 1906: Odd beads of stone and small silver Thoueris. XII dynasty. 16 A'06.