spindle-shaped pearl

spindle-shaped pearl

An item at Louvre

drilled lengthwise (tapered beads of vaguely square section, with softened angles; a bead with a break on one side. A small bead stuck in one of the holes of the larger bead)

Department of Egyptian Antiquities

An exhibit at Louvre

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The collections of the Department of Egyptian Antiquities present the civilization that evolved on the banks of the Nile, from the end of Prehistory (around 4,000 BCE) to the Christian era (from the 4th century CE).