AN AMULET AND BEAD PECTORAL, comprising a large blue glazed composition Horus head amulet, a scorpion and two lotus buds below, within later metal mount and including garnet, amethyst, cornelian and blue glazed composition beads; and a restrung necklace comprising nine cornelian lentoid beads each between amethyst spherical beads and arranged vertically between strings of glazed composition disc beads, suspended pendant beads below include blue glazed composition and cornelian lotus flowers, central cornelian wedjat-eye amulet, four mosaic eye beads, four gold-glass beads and a cornelian 'poppy'-head bead, modern clasp, Middle Kingdom/Roman period (2)

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AN AMULET AND BEAD PECTORAL, comprising a large blue glazed composition Horus head amulet, a scorpion and two lotus buds below, within later metal mount and including garnet, amethyst, cornelian and blue glazed composition beads; and a restrung necklace comprising nine cornelian lentoid beads each between amethyst spherical beads and arranged vertically between strings of glazed composition disc beads, suspended pendant beads below include blue glazed composition and cornelian lotus flowers, central cornelian wedjat-eye amulet, four mosaic eye beads, four gold-glass beads and a cornelian 'poppy'-head bead, modern clasp, Middle Kingdom/Roman period (2)

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