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.
1980–1630 B.C.
270 B.C.–A.D. 320
2061–1550 B.C.
about the 5th century B.C., 499–400 B.C.
2061–1640 B.C.
1991–1783 B.C.
2040–1640 B.C.
