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Findspot: Egypt, Sheikh Farag, SF 244 B
Medium/Technique
Faience
Dimensions
e: 0.7 x 2.5 cm (1/4 x 1 in.)
f: 2.4 cm (15/16 in.)
g: 0.9 x 1 cm (3/8 x 3/8 in.)
i: 0.6 cm (1/4 in.)
Smallest j: 0.3 cm (1/8 in.)
Largest j: 0.9 cm (3/8 in.)
k: 0.4 x 1 cm (3/16 x 3/8 in.)
f: 2.4 cm (15/16 in.)
g: 0.9 x 1 cm (3/8 x 3/8 in.)
i: 0.6 cm (1/4 in.)
Smallest j: 0.3 cm (1/8 in.)
Largest j: 0.9 cm (3/8 in.)
k: 0.4 x 1 cm (3/16 x 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number23-10-337
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Beads
DescriptionThis is a group of beads consisting of:
e) one black faience crumb barrel bead
f) two fancy cylinder beads
g) one pierced seed bead
i) seven small faience barrel beads
j) twenty-seven faience ball beads of various sizes, six of which are black faience
k) one faience conical bead.
Sixteen of these beads are strung together.
e) one black faience crumb barrel bead
f) two fancy cylinder beads
g) one pierced seed bead
i) seven small faience barrel beads
j) twenty-seven faience ball beads of various sizes, six of which are black faience
k) one faience conical bead.
Sixteen of these beads are strung together.
ProvenanceFrom Egypt, Sheikh Farag SF 244 B. 1923: excavated by the Harvard University–Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of Egypt.