Beads
Naqada I–III 3850–2960 B.C.
FindspotMesaid, Egypt
Medium/TechniqueFaience, carnelian, quartz
DimensionsOverall: carnelian disc 0.7 cm (1/4 in.)
Overall: blue faience disc 1 cm (3/8 in.)
Overall: 4 stone barrel largest 0.7 cm (1/4 in.)
Overall: 8 pottery barrel largest 0.6 x 0.8 cm (1/4 x 5/16 in.)
Overall: scorpion 2.8 x 0.6 cm (1 1/8 x 1/4 in.)
Overall: pod 0.9 cm (3/8 in.)
Overall: carnelian barrel 0.8 x 1.5 cm (5/16 x 9/16 in.)
Overall: quartz barrel 1.3 x 0.8 cm (1/2 x 5/16 in.)
Overall: blue faience disc 1 cm (3/8 in.)
Overall: 4 stone barrel largest 0.7 cm (1/4 in.)
Overall: 8 pottery barrel largest 0.6 x 0.8 cm (1/4 x 5/16 in.)
Overall: scorpion 2.8 x 0.6 cm (1 1/8 x 1/4 in.)
Overall: pod 0.9 cm (3/8 in.)
Overall: carnelian barrel 0.8 x 1.5 cm (5/16 x 9/16 in.)
Overall: quartz barrel 1.3 x 0.8 cm (1/2 x 5/16 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number13.3742
On View
Not on viewClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
ProvenanceFrom Mesaid tomb 915 [M/915]. 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.(Accession date: December 4, 1913)
1991–1783 B.C.
2960–2649 B.C.
2323–2040 B.C.
100 B.C.–A.D. 300
about 1700–1550 B.C.
2400–1550 B.C.
2575–2465 B.C.
4200–3250 B.
2960–2649 B.C.
2040–1640 B.C.