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Beads
Egyptian
Middle Kingdom
2040-1640 B.C.
Findspot: Egypt, Sheikh Farag, SF 167
Medium/Technique
Faience, ivory (or bone or shell), fruit
Dimensions
See description
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number13.5249
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CollectionsJewelry, Ancient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Beads
DescriptionThis group of beads consists of one blue faience ball bead (diameter 1.0 cm), forty-five blue faience ring beads on a string and one loose ring bead (diameter .2 cm), four ivory (or shell or bone) ring beads (diameter .5 cm), and one piece of dried fruit (a berry?) (diameter 1.2 cm).
ProvenanceFrom Egypt Sheikh Farag SF 167. 1913: Excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; 1913: assigned to the MFA by the government of Sudan.