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Broad collar elements

2040–1640 B.C.
FindspotDeir el-Bersha, Egypt
Medium/TechniqueFaience, steatite
DimensionsLength x width: 2.3 x 1.4 cm (7/8 x 9/16 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number21.920
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
ProvenanceFrom Egypt, Deir el-Bersha, tomb 5 pit E, chamber (west side). April 1915: 1915: Excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of Egypt.
String of beads
305–30 B.C.
Beads
2323–2150 B.C.
Beads
Naqada I–III 3850–2960 B.C.
String of beads
2246–2152 B.C.
Cylinder beads
2040–1060 B.C.
Broad collar
1991–1783 B.C.
Scarab
760–660 B.C.