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Cylinder beads

Cylinder beads

2040–1991 B.C.
FindspotDeir el-Bersha, Egypt
Medium/TechniqueFaience
DimensionsLongest: 2.9 cm (1 1/8 in.)
Shortest: 1.4 cm (9/16 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number15-4-302i
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
ProvenanceFrom Egypt, Deir el-Bersha, Tomb 5, pit E, west side of chamber. 1915: Excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of Egypt.