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Scarab cylinder bead and assorted small beads

FindspotDeir el-Ballas, Egypt
Medium/TechniqueFaience, copper, steatite
DimensionsOverall: 0.9 x 1.2 cm (3/8 x 1/2 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number47.2191
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
ProvenanceFrom Egypt, Deir el-Ballas, Cemetery 500, Tomb 1291a: Excavated by the Harvard University–Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; 1947, assigned to the MFA by the government of Egypt. (Accession date: February 22, 2017)
Scarab
760–660 B.C.
Cylinder beads and wire
2040–1783 B.C.
Beads
2040–1783 B.C.
String of beads
305–30 B.C.
Beads
2323–2150 B.C.
Beads
Naqada I–III 3850–2960 B.C.
String of beads
2246–2152 B.C.