Beads and amulets
FindspotSheikh Farag, Egypt
Medium/TechniqueCarnelian, steatite, faience, stone ?
DimensionsLarger c: 0.5 x 1.3 cm (3/16 x 1/2 in.)
Smaller c: 0.4 x 0.6 cm (3/16 x 1/4 in.)
d: 0.6 x 0.9 cm (1/4 x 3/8 in.)
Smallest e: 0.6 cm (1/4 in.)
Largest e: 0.8 cm (5/16 in.)
Complete f: 0.7 x 1 x 0.4 cm (1/4 x 3/8 x 3/16 in.)
Fragment f: 1 x 0.8 x 0.5 cm (3/8 x 5/16 x 3/16 in.)
h: 0.4 x 1.2 x 0.4 cm (3/16 x 1/2 x 3/16 in.)
i: 0.4 x 0.9 cm (3/16 x 3/8 in.)
j: 0.8 x 1.2 cm (5/16 x 1/2 in.)
k: 0.6 x 1.8 cm (1/4 x 11/16 in.)
Smaller c: 0.4 x 0.6 cm (3/16 x 1/4 in.)
d: 0.6 x 0.9 cm (1/4 x 3/8 in.)
Smallest e: 0.6 cm (1/4 in.)
Largest e: 0.8 cm (5/16 in.)
Complete f: 0.7 x 1 x 0.4 cm (1/4 x 3/8 x 3/16 in.)
Fragment f: 1 x 0.8 x 0.5 cm (3/8 x 5/16 x 3/16 in.)
h: 0.4 x 1.2 x 0.4 cm (3/16 x 1/2 x 3/16 in.)
i: 0.4 x 0.9 cm (3/16 x 3/8 in.)
j: 0.8 x 1.2 cm (5/16 x 1/2 in.)
k: 0.6 x 1.8 cm (1/4 x 11/16 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number23.1516
On View
Not on viewClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
ProvenanceFrom Egypt, Sheikh Farag SF 5038 burial. 1923: excavated by the Harvard University–Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of Egypt.
305–30 B.C.
570–526 B.C.
Naqada I–III 3850–2960 B.C.
2246–2152 B.C.
2040–1783 B.C.
2040–1991 B.C.
