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String of beads (38 beads)
String of beads (38 beads)

String of beads (38 beads)

30 B.C.–A.D 364
Country of Origin, for CustomsEgypt
FindspotTell Dafana, Egypt
Medium/TechniqueVarious hard stones and shell
DimensionsLength: 42 cm (16 9/16 in.)
Credit LineEgypt Exploration Fund by subscription
Accession number87.681
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
ProvenanceFrom Tell Dafana (Daphnae). 1886: excavated by William Matthew Flinders Petrie for the Egypt Exploration Fund, assigned to the EEF by the Egyptian government; presented to the MFA at EEF fifth annual general meeting; sent over June 1, 1887.
(Accession Date: January 1, 1887)
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