Beads
FindspotGiza, Egypt
Medium/TechniqueFaience, glass, and shell
Dimensionsa: 0.2 cm (1/16 in.)
b: 1.2 x 0.4 cm (1/2 x 3/16 in.)
c: 0.5 cm (3/16 in.)
d: 0.4 cm (3/16 in.)
e: 1.9 x 0.4 cm (3/4 x 3/16 in.)
f: 0.2 cm (1/16 in.)
g: 0.5 cm (3/16 in.)
h: 1 x 0.2 cm (3/8 x 1/16 in.)
i largest: 1.2 x 0.8 cm (1/2 x 5/16 in.)
i smallest: 0.4 x 0.4 cm (3/16 x 3/16 in.)
b: 1.2 x 0.4 cm (1/2 x 3/16 in.)
c: 0.5 cm (3/16 in.)
d: 0.4 cm (3/16 in.)
e: 1.9 x 0.4 cm (3/4 x 3/16 in.)
f: 0.2 cm (1/16 in.)
g: 0.5 cm (3/16 in.)
h: 1 x 0.2 cm (3/8 x 1/16 in.)
i largest: 1.2 x 0.8 cm (1/2 x 5/16 in.)
i smallest: 0.4 x 0.4 cm (3/16 x 3/16 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number07-2-147
On View
Not on viewClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
ProvenanceFrom Egypt, Giza, Menkaure Pyramid Temple (MPT / room J2 = sloping corridor 28 , layer 1). 1907: excavated by the Harvard University–Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of Egypt.
2040–1640 B.C.
2040–1640 B.C.
2040–1640 B.C.
270 B.C.–A.D. 320
1700–1550 B.C.
1700–1550 B.C.
1550–1070 B.C.
270 B.C.–A.D. 320