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Hair rings or earrings
Hair rings or earrings

Hair rings or earrings

FindspotGiza, Egypt
Medium/TechniqueHard white stone
DimensionsOverall: 3.9 x 1.1 cm (1 9/16 x 7/16 in.)
Overall: 3.6 x 1 cm (1 7/16 x 3/8 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number28.1456
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
ProvenanceFrom Egypt, Giza, St. G 7500, east of G 7520, west of G 7650, in radim. 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.
Necklace
Naqada IIa–III (Gerzean) 3650–3300 B.C.
Heart amulets
570–526 B.C.
Beads
2400–1550 B.C.
Funerary scarab
664–332 B.C.
Beads
519–487 B.C.