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Ring beads
Egyptian
Findspot: Egypt, Giza, Street 7500
Medium/Technique
Bronze and silver
Dimensions
Length x width: 1.4 x 0.4 cm (9/16 x 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number25.1980
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Beads
DescriptionThis is a group of aproximately sixty silver ring beads, alternating with and fused to thicker bronze or copper ring beads. There are also two larger patinated fragments as well as smaller unidentifiable debris.
ProvenanceFrom Giza, Street 7500.1925: excavated by the Harvard University–Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Egypt.