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21magnification. Tiny beads are often found adhering to one or two other tiny beads,although always of the same relative size and color.Fig. 2.2. Concreted mass of tiny faience beads KW 76.An estimated 68,000 tiny faience beads were found as a concreted mass (KW 76,fig. 2.2). Although the original color of the beads in this concretion is no longerdiscernible, the beads exhibit less variation in size than do other beads in this category.They are 0.21-0.31 cm in diameter (average 0.27 cm) and 0.10-0.17 cm in length(average 0.13 cm). 6Similar beads from other sites have been labeled as disk, flat-ring or annularbeads. 7They have been found at Bronze Age sites throughout the Levant in faience aswell as gold, ostrich eggshell and various stones. Tiny beads are abundant in Egypt.The 18 th -Dynasty king Tutankhamen was entombed wearing a skull-cap intricatelyembroidered with such beads, which were also used in bracelets, necklaces and earrings6 The sample dimensions of beads as well as calculations to determine the number of beads present inconcreted mass KW 76 are provided in app. C.7 Petrie et al. 1923, pl. LXII; Karantzali 2001, 73; Blegen et al. 1973, 91.