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Egyptian
Findspot: Egypt, Abydos
Medium/Technique
Glass
Dimensions
Overall: 44.5 cm (17 1/2 in.) length of string
Diameter of largest bead: 0.5 cm (3/16 in.)
Diameter of largest bead: 0.5 cm (3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Egypt Exploration Fund by subscription
Accession Number03.1856
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Beads
DescriptionThis is a string of approximately forty dark red ball beads of various sizes.
ProvenanceFrom Egypt, Abydos.1903: excavated by William Matthew Flinders Petrie for the Egypt Exploration Fund, assigned to the Egypt Exploration Fund in the division of finds by the government of Egypt, received by the MFA through subscription to the Egypt Exploration Fund.
(Accession Date: January 1, 1903)
(Accession Date: January 1, 1903)