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String of beads and amulet

FindspotMesheikh, Egypt
Medium/TechniqueFaience, bone or shell
DimensionsLength: 3.8 cm (1 1/2 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number12.1309
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
ProvenanceFrom Egypt, Mesheikh. 1912: 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.



Findspot Information: From Mesheikh. Mes / 2100
String of beads
1550–1070 B.C.
String of beads
1550–1070 B.C.
String of beads
1550–1070 B.C.
Beads
1700–1550 B.C.
Beads
2040-1640 B.C.
Beads
2400–1550 B.C.
Beads
2400–2050 B.C.
Disc beads
2400–2050 B.C.