String of beads
FindspotGiza, Egypt
Medium/TechniqueFaience, shell, glass (?)
DimensionsOverall length of string: 104 cm (40 15/16 in.)
Diameter and length of barrel bead: 0.7 x 1 cm (1/4 x 3/8 in.)
Diameter and length of shell bead: 0.8 x 0.9 cm (5/16 x 3/8 in.)
Diameter and length of lenticular bead: 0.7 x 0.9 cm (1/4 x 3/8 in.)
Diameter and length of barrel bead: 0.7 x 1 cm (1/4 x 3/8 in.)
Diameter and length of shell bead: 0.8 x 0.9 cm (5/16 x 3/8 in.)
Diameter and length of lenticular bead: 0.7 x 0.9 cm (1/4 x 3/8 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number13.3423
On View
Not on viewClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
ProvenanceFrom Egypt, Giza debris. 1913: 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.
2040–1640 B.C.
2040–1640 B.C.
2040–1640 B.C.
270 B.C.–A.D. 320
1700–1550 B.C.
1700–1550 B.C.
1550–1070 B.C.
270 B.C.–A.D. 320