An Egyptian Blue Composition Bead Necklace, Late Period, ca 664 - 332 BCE Amulets - GGSA depicted kneeling and offering nu-pots

depicted kneeling and offering nu-pots to a deity

Diameter: 2 inches (4

Sneferu is pleased

2 Schlögl and Brodbeck 1990

royal legitimacy

An Egyptian Blue Composition Bead Necklace, Late Period, ca 664 - 332 BCE Amulets - GGSA depicted kneeling and offering nu-potsThis necklace is composed of graduated faience beads centered by a series of mould made ribbed pendants in the form of small amphorae. Suspended along the lower arc of the strand, the pendants display a range of glaze tones from pale turquoise and sky blue to deeper cobalt and greenish hues, reflecting the characteristic color variation produced during the firing of Egyptian faience. The ribbed pendants are interspersed with smaller disc and spherical