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Egyptian
Findspot: Egypt, Sheikh Farag, SF 544
Medium/Technique
Faience
Dimensions
Smallest d: 0.6 cm (1/4 in.)
Largest d: 1.3 cm (1/2 in.)
e: 0.3 cm (1/8 in.)
Smallest f: 0.3 cm (1/8 in.)
Largest f: 0.4 cm (3/16 in.)
Largest d: 1.3 cm (1/2 in.)
e: 0.3 cm (1/8 in.)
Smallest f: 0.3 cm (1/8 in.)
Largest f: 0.4 cm (3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number23-10-198d,e,f
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ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Beads
DescriptionThis is a group of:
d)Twenty-nine large faience ball beads and twelve fragments of large ball beads and about twenty smaller faience ball beads; Object Register says 30 large and 20 small.
e) Ten fragments of cylinder beads; The Object Register says a few fragments of cylinder beads;
f) Ninety-five tiny ring beads and one small barrel bead; Object Register says about 80 tiny faience ring beads and does not mention the barrel bead.
d)Twenty-nine large faience ball beads and twelve fragments of large ball beads and about twenty smaller faience ball beads; Object Register says 30 large and 20 small.
e) Ten fragments of cylinder beads; The Object Register says a few fragments of cylinder beads;
f) Ninety-five tiny ring beads and one small barrel bead; Object Register says about 80 tiny faience ring beads and does not mention the barrel bead.
ProvenanceFrom Egypt, Sheikh Farag SF 544. 1923: excavated by the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Egypt.