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Cylinder beads
Cylinder beads

Cylinder beads

2040–1783 B.C.
FindspotDeir el-Bersha, Egypt
Medium/TechniqueFaience, textile
DimensionsCylinder beads
Larger: Length 1.8 cm x Diameter 0.3 cm
Smaller: Length 1.1 cm x Diameter 0.3 cm
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number15-5-113
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.