Beads
FindspotDeir el-Bersha, Egypt
Medium/TechniqueFaience, carnelian and steatite
DimensionsCarnelian ball bead Diameter: 0.5 cm (3/16 in.)
Faience barrel bead Diameter and length: 0.6 x 1.4 cm (1/4 x 9/16 in.)
Longest cylinder bead: 1.5 cm
Smallest cylinder bead: .5 cm
Ring bead: .1 cm
Bag #1
Tiny faience ring bead Diameter : 0.1 cm (1/16 in.)
Bag #2
Length of largest cylinder: 1.5 cm (9/16 in.)
Length of smallest cylinder: 0.5 cm
Faience barrel bead Diameter and length: 0.6 x 1.4 cm (1/4 x 9/16 in.)
Longest cylinder bead: 1.5 cm
Smallest cylinder bead: .5 cm
Ring bead: .1 cm
Bag #1
Tiny faience ring bead Diameter : 0.1 cm (1/16 in.)
Bag #2
Length of largest cylinder: 1.5 cm (9/16 in.)
Length of smallest cylinder: 0.5 cm
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number15-5-646
On View
Not on viewClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
ProvenanceFrom Egypt, Deir el-Bersha, Tomb 19, pit B debris. 1915: Excavated by the Harvard University–Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of Egypt.
305–30 B.C.
Naqada I–III 3850–2960 B.C.
2246–2152 B.C.
2040–1783 B.C.
2040–1991 B.C.
2040–1640 B.C.
Shared History/Shared History