String of beads
FindspotMesheikh, Egypt
Medium/TechniqueFaience, bronze, agate ?
DimensionsDiameter bronze ring: 0.6 cm (1/4 in.)
Diameter agate ball bead: 0.4 cm (3/16 in.)
Diameter faience bead: 0.3 cm (1/8 in.)
Diameter agate ball bead: 0.4 cm (3/16 in.)
Diameter faience bead: 0.3 cm (1/8 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number12.1440
On View
Not on viewClassificationsJewelry / 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.
late 1st century B.C.–3rd century A.D.
332 B.C.–337 A.D.
2400–1550 B.C.
2400–1550 B.C.
2040–1640 B.C.
A.D. 364–476