String of beads
2750–2649 B.C.
FindspotZawyet el-Aryan, Egypt
Medium/TechniqueCarnelian, amethyst
DimensionsLength: 4.8 cm (1 7/8 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number11.2557
On View
Not on viewClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
ProvenanceFrom Zawyet el-Aryan, Grave Z 101. 1911: excavated by the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Egypt.
(Accession date: October 9, 1911)
(Accession date: October 9, 1911)
2040–1640 B.C.
1991–1650 B.C.
1700–1540 B.C.
2323–2150 B.C.
2040–1640 B.C.
2040–1640 B.C.
2575–2465 B.C.
1991–1783 B.C.
1550–1070 B.C.
760–332 B.C. (?)