Late Period / Ptolemaic Dynasty, Ca. 664-30 BC. A necklace made of restrung glazed beads with a faience amulet as its pendant. The beads are a range of colours, and a mix of short round beads and long cylindrical ones. Necklace strings do not survive from antiquity as they degrade over the millennia, but the beads can be found (typically in tombs as funerary goods) and restrung. The placement of fine jewellery in tombs allowed the deceased to continue their lavish lifestyle in the next life.Size: L:250mm / W:mm ; 5.9gProvenance: Private UK collection; From an old London collection formed in the 1990s.