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Beads
Egyptian
New Kingdom
1550–1070 B.C.
Findspot: Egypt, Semna, S523
Medium/Technique
Faience
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number24-3-232b,c
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsJewelry, Ancient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Beads
Description(b) 80 small disk beads, green; (c) 9 sets of fused disk beads, varying from 2-4 units.
a) (181 disks beads) d) 3 ball beads = missing, e) 1 cowrie pierced shell, missing.
Also strung with 24-3-232 b,c and 24-3-233a-c are 3 decorated flattened cylinder beads, not listed in register
a) (181 disks beads) d) 3 ball beads = missing, e) 1 cowrie pierced shell, missing.
Also strung with 24-3-232 b,c and 24-3-233a-c are 3 decorated flattened cylinder beads, not listed in register
ProvenanceFrom Semna S-532. 1924:excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of Sudan.