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Cowroid bead

1550–1070 B.C.
FindspotZawyet el-Aryan, Egypt
Medium/TechniqueCrystal
DimensionsOverall: 1.3 x 0.8 cm (1/2 x 5/16 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number11.2653
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
ProvenanceFrom Zawyet el-Aryan, Grave Z 303. 1910-11: 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 19, 1911)
String of beads
2323–2040 B.C.
Heart amulet
1550–1070 B.C.
String of beads
2040–1640 B.C.
Necklace
568–542 B.C.
Blue-glazed quartz beads
about 1700–1550 B.C.
Beads
2400–1550 B.C.
Amulets
2400–1550 B.C.
String of ball beads
1700–1550 B.C.