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String of beads and amulets
Egyptian
Middle Kingdom
2040–1640 B.C.
Findspot: Egypt, Sheikh Farag, SF 94
Medium/Technique
Faience, carnelian, amethyst, hematite
Dimensions
Overall: 53 cm (20 7/8 in.)
Diameter largest faience ball bead: 1.0 cm
Length striped cylinder bead: 1.5 cm
Length striped conical: 3.1 cm
Diameter carnelian ball bead: 0.8 cm
Diameter amethyst ball bead: 0.5 cm
Diameter largest faience ball bead: 1.0 cm
Length striped cylinder bead: 1.5 cm
Length striped conical: 3.1 cm
Diameter carnelian ball bead: 0.8 cm
Diameter amethyst ball bead: 0.5 cm
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number13.3656
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CollectionsJewelry, Ancient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Necklaces and neck bands
DescriptionThis string of beads consists of two blue faience amulets (one falcon and one unidentifiable), forty-two faience ball beads, five biconical and four cylinder beads, one conical and one cylinder glass bead with black stripes, ten carnelian ring beads, eight carnelian ball beads, two amethyst ball beads, one hematite ball bead and one hematite barrel bead, five tiny blue glass ring beads, and one carnelian barrel bead. One small glass ring bead and one faience flattened ball bead were found loose.
ProvenanceFrom Egypt, Sheikh Farag SF 94. 1913: 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.
Findspot Information: From Sheikh Farag. S.F.94
Findspot Information: From Sheikh Farag. S.F.94