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Bead of Shabaka

General Information

Red glazed composition flat-backed lentoid name-bead: longitudinally pierced. Inscribed on the rounded surface with the cartouche of Shabaka.

Number	65832
Storing Place	The British Museum - London - United Kingdom
Material	Stone
Type	Bead
Type of Script	Hieroglyphic
Width	2.1 cm
Historical Period	The Twenty-fifth Dynasty – The Third Intermediate Period

Inscriptions on the Monument

Transliteration

( If the Hieroglyphic,Demotic or Hieratic text is not appearing clear, install this file )

sA ra Sbk Dt anx

Translation

Son of Re, Shabaka, given life forever.

Scientific Publishing

C. Andrews, Ancient Egyptian Jewellery, (London, 1990), 197, no. 183b.