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Egyptian
Findspot: Egypt, Nag el Hai, A960

Medium/Technique faience
Dimensions Overall pebble : 1.1 cm (7/16 in.)
Other ring bead: 0.2 cm (1/16 in.)
Credit Line Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number13.5154
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ClassificationsJewelry / AdornmentBeads

DescriptionThis is a group of approximately nine tiny ring beads, one large carnelian pebble, some faience fragments, some quartz debris, and a small remnant of old fiber. Nag el Hai Found in A960
ProvenanceFrom Egypt, Naga el-Hai (Qena), A960. 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.