Skip to main content

String of beads

2040–1640 B.C.
FindspotSheikh Farag, Egypt
Medium/TechniqueFaience, glass paste, carnelian, limestone
DimensionsOverall: 8 cm (3 1/8 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number13.3654
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
ProvenanceFrom Egypt, Sheikh Farag, SF 100. 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
270 B.C.–A.D. 320
Ball beads
30–A.D. 40
Group shot: 11.2555 and 11.2564
2960–2649 B.C.
String of beads
100 B.C.–A.D. 300
Beads
270 B.C.–A.D. 320
String of beads
305–30 B.C.