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.
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