Cylinder beads
2040–1060 B.C.
FindspotDeir el- Bersha, Egypt
Medium/TechniqueSteatite or faience
DimensionsOverall: 1.7 cm (11/16 in.)
Diameter: 0.7 mm
Diameter: 0.7 mm
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number21.917
On View
Not on viewClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
ProvenanceFrom Egypt, Deir el-Bersha, tomb 5 pit D, chamber debris. 1915: 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.
305–30 B.C.
2323–2150 B.C.
Naqada I–III 3850–2960 B.C.
2246–2152 B.C.
2323–2040 B.C.
2040–1640 B.C.
1991–1783 B.C.
760–660 B.C.
2400–1550 B.C.
2040–1783 B.C.