String of beads
FindspotMesaid, Egypt
Medium/TechniqueFaience, carnelian, lapis
DimensionsOverall: 10.5 cm (4 1/8 in.) length
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number11.3123
On View
Not on viewClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
ProvenanceFrom Egypt, Mesaid (Mesa'eed), tomb 16 [M/16]. 1910: 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.
305–30 B.C.
2750–2649 B.C.
760–332 B.C. (?)
Naqada I–III 3850–2960 B.C.
4200–3250 B.
Naqada II (Gerzean) 3650–3300 B.C.
1991–1783 B.C.
2010–1961 B.C.
1550–1295 B.C.
2575–2528 B.C.
2575–2528 B.C.