Sweret Bead ca. 1981-1975 B.C. Middle Kingdom The sweret is a barrel-shaped bead-amulet made of carnelian. This element of funerary jewelry was usually found at the throat of a mummy, but Wah's seweret-bead is strung on a short length of linen thread suggesting that it was intended to be worn as a ring. It was found clutched in Wah's left hand.Wah's jewelry was revealed when his mummy was x-rayed in 1939. To no one's surprise, the films showed that his body had been adorned with typical funerary jewelry of the early Middle Kingdom: a broad collar, bracelets, and anklets made of tubular beads (40.3.2-.10) of Egyptian faience, and this sweret-bead. Unexpectedly, he also had personal jewelry of stone and metal (40.3.11-.19). When the mummy was unwrapped in 1940, the superb jewelry was seen for the first time since Wah's burial some 39 centuries earlier.. Sweret Bead. ca. 1981-1975 B.C.. Carnelian, linen thread. Middle Kingdom. From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Southern Asasif, Tomb of Wah

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Sweret Bead ca. 1981-1975 B.C. Middle Kingdom The sweret is a barrel-shaped bead-amulet made of carnelian. This element of funerary jewelry was usually found at the throat of a mummy, but Wah's seweret-bead is strung on a short length of linen thread suggesting that it was intended to be worn as a ring. It was found clutched in Wah's left hand.Wah's jewelry was revealed when his mummy was x-rayed in 1939. To no one's surprise, the films showed that his body had been adorned with typical funerary jewelry of the early Middle Kingdom: a broad collar, bracelets, and anklets made of tubular beads (40.3.2-.10) of Egyptian faience, and this sweret-bead. Unexpectedly, he also had personal jewelry of stone and metal (40.3.11-.19). When the mummy was unwrapped in 1940, the superb jewelry was seen for the first time since Wah's burial some 39 centuries earlier.. Sweret Bead. ca. 1981-1975 B.C.. Carnelian, linen thread. Middle Kingdom. From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Southern Asasif, Tomb of Wah

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