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Wrist ornament
Egyptian
Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 11
2140–1991 B.C.
Findspot: Egypt, Naga el-Deir, Tomb N 453 B
Medium/Technique
Amethyst, carnelian
Dimensions
Overall: 16.4 cm (6 7/16 in.)
Carnelian ring: 0.3 cm (1/8 in.)
Bi-conical bead: 0.8 cm (5/16 in.)
Ball bead: 0.3 cm (1/8 in.)
Barrel : 0.6 cm (1/4 in.)
Carnelian ring: 0.3 cm (1/8 in.)
Bi-conical bead: 0.8 cm (5/16 in.)
Ball bead: 0.3 cm (1/8 in.)
Barrel : 0.6 cm (1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number21.977
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsJewelry, Ancient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Bracelets and armlets
DescriptionThis string of sixty-seven beads includes fifty-five carnelian rings, two biconical beads, six amethyst ballbeads and four bartrel beads.They are in original order, from left wrist of the body. (See group 21.970-976; 21.978-985).
ProvenanceFrom Egypt, Naga el-Deir, Tomb N 453 b. 1904: excavated by George Reisner for the Hearst Expedition of the University of California (which became the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition in 1905).
(Accession Date: January 1, 1921)
(Accession Date: January 1, 1921)