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Beads
Beads

Beads

FindspotGiza, Egypt
Medium/TechniqueIvory, carnelian, stone, faience
DimensionsOverall: 0.4 x 0.5 cm (3/16 x 3/16 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number28.1367
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
ProvenanceFrom Egypt, Giza, G 7691 A, debris of grave, 1928 : excavated by the Harvard University–Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Egypt.
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Naqada I–III, 3850–2960 B.C.
String of beads
305–30 B.C.
String of beads
Naqada II (Gezean) 3650–3300 B.C.
Beads and amulets
2040–1640 B.C.
Beads
2040–1550 B.C.
String of beads
100 B.C.–A.D. 300