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Necklace of beads and amulets
Necklace of beads and amulets

Necklace of beads and amulets

1550–1070 B.C.
FindspotZawyet el-Aryan
Medium/TechniqueCarnelian, gold, faience, ivory
DimensionsLegacy dimension: .380 Length:
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number11.2565
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
ProvenanceFrom Zawyet el-Aryan, Grave Z 491. 1911: Excavated by the Harvard University–Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of Egypt.
String of beads
2323–2040 B.C.
Ring beads
2400–2050 B.C.
Beads and amulets
2323–2150 B.C.
String of beads
Naqada I–III, 3850–2960 B.C.
Necklace
1550–1070 B.C.
String of beads
2246–2152 B.C.
Group shot: 20.334, 20.339, 20.341, 20.1070, 20.1072, 21.339a-b
593–568 B.C.