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String of beads and amulets
Egyptian
Middle Kingdom
2040–1640 B.C.
Findspot: Egypt, Sheikh Farag, SF 204
Medium/Technique
Faience, silver
Dimensions
Diameter and length: 0.3 x 60.1 cm (1/8 x 23 11/16 in.)
Diameter of large ball: 1 cm (3/8 in.)
Length x width of wedjat amulet: 1.5 x 1.1 cm (9/16 x 7/16 in.)
Length x width crocodile: 2.1 x 0.9 cm (13/16 x 3/8 in.)
Length x width of amulet? and diameter of ring bead: 1.2 x 0.9 x 0.3 cm (1/2 x 3/8 x 1/8 in.)
Diameter of large ball: 1 cm (3/8 in.)
Length x width of wedjat amulet: 1.5 x 1.1 cm (9/16 x 7/16 in.)
Length x width crocodile: 2.1 x 0.9 cm (13/16 x 3/8 in.)
Length x width of amulet? and diameter of ring bead: 1.2 x 0.9 x 0.3 cm (1/2 x 3/8 x 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number13.3905
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsJewelry, Ancient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Beads
DescriptionThis string of beads consists of approximately five hundred faience ring beads, two faience barrel beads,one large faience ball bead, one faience crumb bead, one silver biconical bead, one carnelian ring bead, one faience wadjet amulet, one faience stylized crocodile ? amulet, and one other unidentifiable faience amulet.
ProvenanceFrom Egypt, Sheikh Farag SF 204. 1913: Excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of Egypt.