bead
EXI.34/1

Group of 76 white disc beads, some cut at a slight angle, strung together on modern thread. Opaque soft white, some with yellowish brown surface; possibly heat treated steatite, or frit.

Material:

steatite

Place:	Tell el-'Ajjul (Palestinian Authority / Western Asia Levant)
Context:	Tomb 1546

Dimensions:

string	length:	187 mm
bead	diameter:	4 mm

Field collector:	Petrie, William Matthew Flinders
Acquisition source:	Petrie, William Matthew Flinders, British School of Archaeology in Egypt
Other object numbers:	971 (excavator’s field number)

Bibliography:
Petrie, W.M.F., 1932, Ancient Gaza II, pl. XXV.130.