String of carnelian and faience beads
4200–3250 B.C.
Country of Origin, for CustomsEgypt
Medium/TechniqueCarnelian; faience
DimensionsLength: 18 cm, Diameter 1.3 cm (largest bead)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number11.1025b
On View
Not on viewClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
ProvenanceFrom Mesaid (Mesa'eed). 1910: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; March 2, 1911: assigned to the MFA by the government of Egypt.
1991–1783 B.C.
1550–1295 B.C.
1550–1070 B.C.
2040–1640 B.C.
2040–1640 B.C.
305–30 B.C.
305–30 B.C.
1991–1650 B.C.
1550–1295 B.C.
