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Egyptian
Findspot: Egypt, Deir el-Bersha, Tomb 19B, pit debris
Medium/Technique
Faience, carnelian and steatite
Dimensions
Carnelian ball bead Diameter: 0.5 cm (3/16 in.)
Faience barrel bead Diameter and length: 0.6 x 1.4 cm (1/4 x 9/16 in.)
Longest cylinder bead: 1.5 cm
Smallest cylinder bead: .5 cm
Ring bead: .1 cm
Bag #1
Tiny faience ring bead Diameter : 0.1 cm (1/16 in.)
Bag #2
Length of largest cylinder: 1.5 cm (9/16 in.)
Length of smallest cylinder: 0.5 cm
Faience barrel bead Diameter and length: 0.6 x 1.4 cm (1/4 x 9/16 in.)
Longest cylinder bead: 1.5 cm
Smallest cylinder bead: .5 cm
Ring bead: .1 cm
Bag #1
Tiny faience ring bead Diameter : 0.1 cm (1/16 in.)
Bag #2
Length of largest cylinder: 1.5 cm (9/16 in.)
Length of smallest cylinder: 0.5 cm
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number15-5-646
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Beads
DescriptionThree beads found in one bag: one blue faience ball bead, one faience barrel bead and one carnelian ball bead. The Object Register states that this group includes "cylindrical/ faience, one barrel-shaped/faience, small circular on original string/faience, small round/faience, cylindrical/steatite, one round/carnelian". Only the blue faience ball bead, faience barrel bead and carnelian ball bead are present.
Two other bags found with 15-5-804 were added that seem to possibly belong with this group:
One bag with a string of approximately twenty-two tiny faience ring beads; some beads hold original string.
Second bag contains twenty-four cylinder beads and fragments; three of those seem to be steatite, the rest are faience.
Certain beads from 15-5-804 and 15-5-646 were taken and merged to form a bracelet on exhibit (21.10556). These two extra bags seem to be left over beads from 15-5-646.
Two other bags found with 15-5-804 were added that seem to possibly belong with this group:
One bag with a string of approximately twenty-two tiny faience ring beads; some beads hold original string.
Second bag contains twenty-four cylinder beads and fragments; three of those seem to be steatite, the rest are faience.
Certain beads from 15-5-804 and 15-5-646 were taken and merged to form a bracelet on exhibit (21.10556). These two extra bags seem to be left over beads from 15-5-646.
ProvenanceFrom Egypt, Deir el-Bersha, Tomb 19, pit B debris. 1915: Excavated by the Harvard University–Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of Egypt.