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.
1980–1630 B.C.
19th century
early 19th century
Islamic I (7th–10th century)
Islamic II (10th–12th century)
Islamic I or II (7th–12th century)
19th century
late 1st century B.C.–1st century A.D.
1st century B.C.
3rd–1st century B.C.
early 1st century B.C.
Prehistoric