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Beads and band

FindspotSheikh Farag, Egypt
Medium/TechniqueElectrum, carnelian, faience
DimensionsElectrum band: 0.6 x 1.7 cm (3/16 x 11/16 in.)
Barrel bead: 0.6 cm (1/4 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number23-10-329a-b
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
ProvenanceFrom Egypt, Sheikh Farag SF 514, right hand of burial. 1923: excavated by the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Egypt.
Beads
2400–1550 B.C.
Finger ring
1550–1070 B.C.
Beads
2400–1550 B.C.
Beads
270 B.C.–A.D. 320
String of beads
100 B.C.–A.D. 300
Beads
2040–1783 B.C.
Jewelry elements
2040–1783 B.C.