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Barrel bead

FindspotGiza, Egypt
Medium/TechniqueDark blue glass
DimensionsOverall: 1.2 x 0.7 cm (1/2 x 1/4 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number26-1-716
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
ProvenanceFrom Egypt, Giza, Street G 7000, debris S of Isis temple enclosing wall. 1926: excavated by the Harvard University–Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Egypt.
Glass inlay
750–250 B.C.
Fragment of vessel
10 B.C–A.D. 0
Vessel fragment
20–10 B.C.
Fragment of inlay
203–186 B.C.
Inlay (?) fragment
750–250 B.C.
Moccasins
Mid-19th Century
Laura Diaz de Santillana
1996
Beads
100 B.C.–A.D. 300
Ring fragment
750–250 B.C.