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Cylindrical beads

2040–1783 B.C.
FindspotDeir el-Bersha, Egypt
Object Place for LabelDeir el-Bersha, Egypt
Medium/TechniqueBlue faience
DimensionsLargest length x larget diameter: 1.8 x .7 cm (11/16 x 1/4 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number15-5-110
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
ProvenanceFrom Egypt, Deir el-Bersha, Tomb 10, pit A. 1915: Excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition, May 4, 1915; assigned to the MFA by the government of Egypt; 1921: received by MFA.
284 B.C.–A.D. 275
Various beads
about 1700–1550 B.C.
Various beads
about 1700–1550 B.C.
Pectoral
1070–945 B.C.
Funerary scarab
664–332 B.C.
Beads
2040–1783 B.C.
Beads
750–250 B.C.
Beads
750–250 B.C.