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String of beads and scarabs
String of beads and scarabs

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 view
ClassificationsJewelry / 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.