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Egyptian
Findspot: Egypt, Tell Nabasha
Medium/Technique
Faience
Dimensions
Overall: 36 cm (14 3/16 in.)
Diameter and length cylinder bead: 0.5 x 2 cm (3/16 x 13/16 in.)
Diameter ring bead: 0.2 cm (1/16 in.)
Diameter and length cylinder bead: 0.5 x 2 cm (3/16 x 13/16 in.)
Diameter ring bead: 0.2 cm (1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Egypt Exploration Fund by subscription
Accession Number88.982
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ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Beads
DescriptionThis is compriseed of 2 strings of beads and several loose beads. One one string are three cylinder and three ring beads. On the second string are five cylinder beads, sixteen ring beads, and one double ring bead. Eight cylinder besds, twenty-one ring beads, two double ring beads and one short cylinder bead are loose.
ProvenanceFrom Egypt, Tell Nabasha. 1886-7: excavated by William Matthew Flinders Petrie for the Egypt Exploration Fund, assigned to the EEF by the Egyptian government; December 22, 1887, presented to the MFA by the EEF. (Accession date: 1888).