Object Description
A delicate Ancient Egyptian Panel consisting of small faience beads glazed with rich turquoises, greens, and reds restrung according to its original arrangement. Depicted at the bottom of the piece in turquoise, green and red beading is the heads, are the Four Sons of Horus: Imsety, Duamutef, Hapi and Qebehsenuef. Above the figures is a winged scarab with cream coloured eyes and red beads which outline the body of the scarab. This is connected to the wider panel via tubular turquoise and darker blue-toned beads. This imagery would likely have formed part of a wider tripartite work, additionally featuring a stylised face of the deceased, onto which this piece was placed at burial to serve both decorative and protective functions. It is also possible that this specific beadwork may have alternatively lain disconnected to the facial element, and was placed upon the mummy’s chest as a pectoral embellishment. This piece has been mounted on velvet and placed in a modern frame.
Date: Circa 664-332 BC
Period: Late Dynastic Period