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Cylinder
Cylinder

Cylinder

FindspotTell Dafana, Egypt
Medium/TechniqueTravertine (Egyptian alabaster)
DimensionsOther: 2.3 x 0.8 cm (7/8 x 5/16 in.)
Credit LineEgypt Exploration Fund by subscription
Accession number87.708
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
ProvenanceTell Dafana (Daphnae). 1886: excavated by William Matthew Flinders Petrie for the Egypt Exploration Fund, assigned to the EEF by the Egyptian government; presented to the MFA at EEF fifth annual general meeting; sent over June 1, 1887.
Stud or ear button
1186–1070 B.C.
Heart amulet
2465–2323 B.C.
Ear stud
1550–1070 B.C.
Ear stud
1550–1070 B.C.
Ear plug
1550–1070 B.C.
String of beads
2323–2040 B.C.
Scarab amulet
about 623–568 B.C.