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<em>Small Bead in Form of a Fly</em>, ca. 1539-1292 B.C.E. Gold, 1/4 x 1/16 x 3/8 in. (0.6 x 0.1 x 0.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.705E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.37.704E_37.705E_view01.jpg)
Small Bead in Form of a Fly, ca. 1539-1292 B.C.E. Gold, 1/4 x 1/16 x 3/8 in. (0.6 x 0.1 x 0.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.705E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.37.704E_37.705E_view01.jpg)
<em>Small Bead in Form of a Fly</em>, ca. 1539-1292 B.C.E. Gold, 1/4 x 1/16 x 3/8 in. (0.6 x 0.1 x 0.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.705E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.37.704E_37.705E_view01.jpg)

Small Bead in Form of a Fly, ca. 1539-1292 B.C.E. Gold, 1/4 x 1/16 x 3/8 in. (0.6 x 0.1 x 0.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.705E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.37.704E_37.705E_view01.jpg)

<em>Small Bead in Form of a Fly</em>, ca. 1539-1292 B.C.E. Gold, 1/4 x 1/16 x 3/8 in. (0.6 x 0.1 x 0.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.705E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.37.704E_37.705E_view01.jpg)

Small Bead in Form of a Fly, ca. 1539-1292 B.C.E. Gold, 1/4 x 1/16 x 3/8 in. (0.6 x 0.1 x 0.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.705E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.37.704E_37.705E_view01.jpg)

<em>Small Bead in Form of a Fly</em>, ca. 1539-1292 B.C.E. Gold, 1/4 x 1/16 x 3/8 in. (0.6 x 0.1 x 0.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.705E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.705E_overall.JPG)

Small Bead in Form of a Fly, ca. 1539-1292 B.C.E. Gold, 1/4 x 1/16 x 3/8 in. (0.6 x 0.1 x 0.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.705E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.705E_overall.JPG)

<em>Small Bead in Form of a Fly</em>, ca. 1539-1292 B.C.E. Gold, 1/4 x 1/16 x 3/8 in. (0.6 x 0.1 x 0.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.705E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.705E_back.JPG)

Small Bead in Form of a Fly, ca. 1539-1292 B.C.E. Gold, 1/4 x 1/16 x 3/8 in. (0.6 x 0.1 x 0.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.705E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.705E_back.JPG)

<em>Small Bead in Form of a Fly</em>, ca. 1539-1292 B.C.E. Gold, 1/4 x 1/16 x 3/8 in. (0.6 x 0.1 x 0.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.705E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.37.704E_37.705E_view02.jpg)

Small Bead in Form of a Fly, ca. 1539-1292 B.C.E. Gold, 1/4 x 1/16 x 3/8 in. (0.6 x 0.1 x 0.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.705E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.37.704E_37.705E_view02.jpg)

<em>Small Bead in Form of a Fly</em>, ca. 1539-1292 B.C.E. Gold, 1/4 x 1/16 x 3/8 in. (0.6 x 0.1 x 0.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.705E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.37.704E_37.705E_view02.jpg)

Small Bead in Form of a Fly, ca. 1539-1292 B.C.E. Gold, 1/4 x 1/16 x 3/8 in. (0.6 x 0.1 x 0.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.705E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.37.704E_37.705E_view02.jpg)

<em>Small Bead in Form of a Fly</em>, ca. 1539-1292 B.C.E. Gold, 1/4 x 1/16 x 3/8 in. (0.6 x 0.1 x 0.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.705E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.37.704E_37.705E_view03.jpg)

Small Bead in Form of a Fly, ca. 1539-1292 B.C.E. Gold, 1/4 x 1/16 x 3/8 in. (0.6 x 0.1 x 0.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.705E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.37.704E_37.705E_view03.jpg)

<em>Small Bead in Form of a Fly</em>, ca. 1539-1292 B.C.E. Gold, 1/4 x 1/16 x 3/8 in. (0.6 x 0.1 x 0.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.705E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.37.704E_37.705E_view03.jpg)

Small Bead in Form of a Fly, ca. 1539-1292 B.C.E. Gold, 1/4 x 1/16 x 3/8 in. (0.6 x 0.1 x 0.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.705E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.37.704E_37.705E_view03.jpg)

<em>Small Bead in Form of a Fly</em>, ca. 1539-1292 B.C.E. Gold, 1/4 x 1/16 x 3/8 in. (0.6 x 0.1 x 0.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.705E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.37.704E_37.705E_view04.jpg)

Small Bead in Form of a Fly, ca. 1539-1292 B.C.E. Gold, 1/4 x 1/16 x 3/8 in. (0.6 x 0.1 x 0.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.705E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.37.704E_37.705E_view04.jpg)

<em>Small Bead in Form of a Fly</em>, ca. 1539-1292 B.C.E. Gold, 1/4 x 1/16 x 3/8 in. (0.6 x 0.1 x 0.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.705E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.37.704E_37.705E_view04.jpg)

Small Bead in Form of a Fly, ca. 1539-1292 B.C.E. Gold, 1/4 x 1/16 x 3/8 in. (0.6 x 0.1 x 0.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.705E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.37.704E_37.705E_view04.jpg)

<em>Small Bead in Form of a Fly</em>, ca. 1539-1292 B.C.E. Gold, 1/4 x 1/16 x 3/8 in. (0.6 x 0.1 x 0.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.705E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , 37.704E_37.705E_37.706E_37.708E_709E_37.825E_GrpA_SL4.jpg)

Small Bead in Form of a Fly, ca. 1539-1292 B.C.E. Gold, 1/4 x 1/16 x 3/8 in. (0.6 x 0.1 x 0.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.705E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , 37.704E_37.705E_37.706E_37.708E_709E_37.825E_GrpA_SL4.jpg)

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Small Bead in Form of a Fly

Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

MEDIUM Gold
  • Place Made: Egypt
    • DATES ca. 1539-1292 B.C.E.
    DYNASTY Dynasty 18
    PERIOD New Kingdom
    DIMENSIONS 1/4 x 1/16 x 3/8 in. (0.6 x 0.1 x 0.9 cm)  (show scale)
    COLLECTIONS Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
    ACCESSION NUMBER 37.705E
    CREDIT LINE Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund
    CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION Small gold bead in the form of a fly. The bead is made in two parts of sheet gold with a sandy (?) filler. It is pierced twice from side to side for suspension. It has a circular hole atop the head and a triangular hole on the back. This is the companion piece to 37.704E. Condition: Small holes at tips of wings; small dents.
    MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
    CAPTION Small Bead in Form of a Fly, ca. 1539-1292 B.C.E. Gold, 1/4 x 1/16 x 3/8 in. (0.6 x 0.1 x 0.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.705E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.37.704E_37.705E_view01.jpg)
    IMAGE overall, CUR.37.704E_37.705E_view01.jpg., 2016
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    <em>Small Bead in Form of a Fly</em>, ca. 1539-1292 B.C.E. Gold, 1/4 x 1/16 x 3/8 in. (0.6 x 0.1 x 0.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.705E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.37.704E_37.705E_view01.jpg)

    TAGS

    bead
    Die Formed
    Dynasty 18
    Dynasty XVIII
    Eighteenth Dynasty
    fly
    form
    gold
    Henry Abbott Collection
    Jewelry
    New Kingdom
    New York Historical Society Collection
    Soldered

    TAGS

    bead
    Die Formed
    Dynasty 18
    Dynasty XVIII
    Eighteenth Dynasty
    fly
    form
    gold
    Henry Abbott Collection
    Jewelry
    New Kingdom
    New York Historical Society Collection
    Soldered

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