Bidspirit auction | COLLECTION OF EGYPTIAN FAIENCE BEADS

COLLECTION OF EGYPTIAN FAIENCE BEADS WITH CARTOUCHES - New Kingdom -Third Intermediate Period Ca. 1350 -959 BC. A collection of three faience beads, including an elongated lentoid blue bead with a cartouche in black; a bead with a cartouche reading Neb-Maat-Re, the prenomen of Amenhotep III; and a small plaque bearing the throne name of Thutmose III. The first two have hollow reverses with a central longitudinal channel and are drilled with paired stringing holes at each end. Cartouche in the first bead : ” Psusennes” (Pasebakhaenniut) ; second fragmentary bead : ” Nebmaatre” Amenhotep III; Third fragment of bead : ”Men(kheper)re” Thutmosis III For similar see: Egyptian Museum of Cairo, F1907.165Size: 17-38mm x 14-17mm; Weight: 10gProvenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Private collection 1970s-1990s.Reviewed by Simone Musso, consultant curator for Egyptian antiquities at the Stibbert Museum, Florence, Italy, member of the Nuri Archaeological Expedition.