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Egyptian
Findspot: Egypt, Sheikh Farag, 5110 B; Findspot: Egypt, Sheikh Farag, SF 5110 B
Medium/Technique
Faience, carnelian, glass, amethyst, bone, original fiber string
Dimensions
a: 0.7 x 1 x 0.6 cm (1/4 x 3/8 x 1/4 in.)
c: 0.5 cm (3/16 in.)
d: 0.5 cm (3/16 in.)
Smallest e: 0.4 cm (3/16 in.)
Largest e: 0.6 cm (1/4 in.)
Smallest f: 0.6 cm (1/4 in.)
Largest f: 1.9 cm (3/4 in.)
g: 0.8 cm (5/16 in.)
Smallest h: 0.2 cm (1/16 in.)
Largest h: 0.4 cm (3/16 in.)
i: 0.6 cm (1/4 in.)
j: 0.8 cm (5/16 in.)
c: 0.5 cm (3/16 in.)
d: 0.5 cm (3/16 in.)
Smallest e: 0.4 cm (3/16 in.)
Largest e: 0.6 cm (1/4 in.)
Smallest f: 0.6 cm (1/4 in.)
Largest f: 1.9 cm (3/4 in.)
g: 0.8 cm (5/16 in.)
Smallest h: 0.2 cm (1/16 in.)
Largest h: 0.4 cm (3/16 in.)
i: 0.6 cm (1/4 in.)
j: 0.8 cm (5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number23-11-483a-j
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ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Beads
DescriptionThis is a group of:
a) 1 faience oval bead with a transverse hole
b) 1 amethyst ball bead
c) 5 black glass ball beads
d) 2 green glass ball beads
e) about 65 faience ball beads
f) 1 large and 6 small faience barrel beads
g) 2 faience conical beads
h) about 20 tiny faience ring beads on original fiber string, a few loose tiny ring beads and 3 loose larger ring beads
i) 12 bone ring beads
j) 1 carnelian barrel bead
1 ridged triangular faience amulet/bead.
Many of these beads have been strung together.
a) 1 faience oval bead with a transverse hole
b) 1 amethyst ball bead
c) 5 black glass ball beads
d) 2 green glass ball beads
e) about 65 faience ball beads
f) 1 large and 6 small faience barrel beads
g) 2 faience conical beads
h) about 20 tiny faience ring beads on original fiber string, a few loose tiny ring beads and 3 loose larger ring beads
i) 12 bone ring beads
j) 1 carnelian barrel bead
1 ridged triangular faience amulet/bead.
Many of these beads have been strung together.
ProvenanceFrom Egypt, Sheikh Farag SF 5110 B. 1923: excavated by the Harvard University–Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of Egypt.