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Beads
Beads

Beads

FindspotDeir el-Bersha, Egypt
Medium/TechniqueFaience, carnelian and steatite
DimensionsOverall: 2.6 cm (1 in.) length of largest
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Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number15-5-804
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
ProvenanceFrom Egypt, Deir el-Bersha, Tomb 19, pit B chamber debris. 1915: Excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of Egypt.
String of beads
305–30 B.C.
Beads
Naqada I–III 3850–2960 B.C.
String of beads
2246–2152 B.C.
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2040–1783 B.C.
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2040–1991 B.C.
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2040–1640 B.C.