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Cylinder beads

2040–1640 B.C.
FindspotDeir el-Bersha, Egypt
Medium/TechniqueFaience, steatite, bronze
DimensionsFaience cylinder bead: 0.3 x 1.1 cm (1/8 x 7/16 in.)
Steatite cylinder bead: 0.4 x 1.3 cm (3/16 x 1/2 in.)
Bronze fragment: 1.7 x 1 cm (11/16 x 3/8 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number15-4-21
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
ProvenanceFrom Egypt, Deir el-Bersha, mastaba 2001A. 1915: Excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of Egypt.
Cylinder beads and wire
2040–1783 B.C.
Scarab
760–660 B.C.
Beads
2040–1783 B.C.
String of beads
305–30 B.C.
Beads
2323–2150 B.C.
Beads
Naqada I–III 3850–2960 B.C.
String of beads
2246–2152 B.C.