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.)
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 viewClassificationsJewelry / 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.
2040–1783 B.C.
760–660 B.C.
2400–1550 B.C.
1356–1332 B.C.
2040–1783 B.C.
2040–1783 B.C.
305–30 B.C.
2323–2150 B.C.
Naqada I–III 3850–2960 B.C.
2246–2152 B.C.