Historical information

This item is part of the Dodgson Collection, which was bequeathed to Queen's College in 1892 by the Rev. James Dodgson. The collection was created by Aquila Dodgson, brother of James. Aquila Dodgson was a friend of the English Egyptologist Flinders Petrie, and it was through this friendship the Aquila was able to acquire ancient Egyptian artefacts. A detailed study of the collection was made by Christine Elias "Discovering Egypt: Egyptian Antiquities at the University of Melbourne", M.A. thesis 2010.

Physical description

Blue frit and faience cylinder beads, frit double spacer beads and faience disc and ring beads. Majority of frit bead medium blue with pale blue and turquoise green faience beads. Disc and ring beads of faience in blues, reds, greens, yellow, white and very dark brown or red. Some ring beads in blue frit.