String of beads and scarabs
1980–1630 B.C.
FindspotEgypt
Country of Origin, for CustomsEgypt
Medium/TechniqueAmethyst
DimensionsLength: 71.5 cm
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number12.1249
On View
Not on viewClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
ProvenanceFrom Mesheikh, tomb 137. December 5, 1912: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; 1912: assigned to the MFA by the government of Egypt.
late 18th–early 19th century
1736–95
19th century
19th century
1912
about 1915
about 1951
about 1972
1992