String of beads and amulets
2040–1640 B.C.
FindspotSheikh Farag, Egypt
Medium/TechniqueFaience, silver
DimensionsDiameter and length: 0.3 x 60.1 cm (1/8 x 23 11/16 in.)
Diameter of large ball: 1 cm (3/8 in.)
Length x width of wedjat amulet: 1.5 x 1.1 cm (9/16 x 7/16 in.)
Length x width crocodile: 2.1 x 0.9 cm (13/16 x 3/8 in.)
Length x width of amulet? and diameter of ring bead: 1.2 x 0.9 x 0.3 cm (1/2 x 3/8 x 1/8 in.)
Diameter of large ball: 1 cm (3/8 in.)
Length x width of wedjat amulet: 1.5 x 1.1 cm (9/16 x 7/16 in.)
Length x width crocodile: 2.1 x 0.9 cm (13/16 x 3/8 in.)
Length x width of amulet? and diameter of ring bead: 1.2 x 0.9 x 0.3 cm (1/2 x 3/8 x 1/8 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number13.3905
On View
Not on viewClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
ProvenanceFrom Egypt, Sheikh Farag SF 204. 1913: Excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of Egypt.
270 B.C.–A.D. 320
2040–1783 B.C.
2323–2040 B.C.
2040–1640 B.C.
2040–1640 B.C.
2010–1961 B.C.
2400–1550 B.C.
945-660 B.C.
270 B.C.–A.D. 320
40 B.C.–A.D. 114
