String of beads
Naqada I, 3850–3650 B.C.
FindspotNag el-Mashayikh (Mesheikh), Egypt
Medium/TechniqueStone and shell
DimensionsLength: 10.5 cm (4 1/8 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number12.1383
On View
Not on viewClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
ProvenanceFrom Naga el-Mashayikh (Mesheikh), Cemetery 2000. 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.(Accession date: December 5, 1912)
30 B.C.–A.D 364
3650–3300 B.C.
Naqada I–III, 3850–2960 B.C.
2323–2040 B.C.
3850–2960 B.C.
Naqada IIa–III (Gerzean) 3650–3300 B.C.
3100–2800 B.C.
690–653 B.C.
