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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.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number13.3423
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsJewelry / 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.


Beads
2040–1640 B.C.
g
270 B.C.–A.D. 320
Beads
1700–1550 B.C.
Beads
1700–1550 B.C.
Beads
1550–1070 B.C.
270 B.C.–A.D. 320