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Beads

FindspotDeir el-Bersha, Egypt
Medium/TechniqueFaience, bronze, copper?
DimensionsBOX 1:
a)
Long/thin bead: Diameter and length: 0.4 x 2.5 cm (3/16 x 1 in.)
Diameter and length: 0.5 x 1.6 cm (3/16 x 5/8 in.)
Smallest bead: Diameter and length: 0.3 x 0.8 cm (1/8 x 5/16 in.)
b)
Largest barrel bead: Diameter and length: 0.4 x 2 cm (3/16 x 13/16 in.)
Smaller cylinder: Diameter and length: 0.3 x 1.3 cm (1/8 x 1/2 in.)
c)
Irregular bead: Diameter and length: 0.5 x 1.2 cm (3/16 x 1/2 in.)
d)
x bead: Overall: 0.8 x 0.7 x 0.3 cm (5/16 x 1/4 x 1/8 in.)
e)
Lotus shaped bead: Overall: 1 x 1 x 0.3 cm (3/8 x 3/8 x 1/8 in.)

Box 2:
Length of beads ranges from approximately 1.1 cm- 1.7 cm.
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number15-4-378
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
ProvenanceFrom Egypt, Deir el-Bersha, Tomb 8, pit A, chamber X debris. 1915: Excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of Egypt.