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Beads and amulets
Egyptian
Findspot: Egypt, Sheikh Farag, SF 5040 debris
Medium/Technique
Faience, steatite
Dimensions
a: 0.6 x 1.5 cm (1/4 x 9/16 in.)
b: 0.8 x 5 cm (5/16 x 1 15/16 in.)
d: 1.1 cm (7/16 in.)
e: 0.8 x 0.4 cm (5/16 x 3/16 in.)
f: 0.7 x 0.3 x 1.6 cm (1/4 x 1/8 x 5/8 in.)
b: 0.8 x 5 cm (5/16 x 1 15/16 in.)
d: 1.1 cm (7/16 in.)
e: 0.8 x 0.4 cm (5/16 x 3/16 in.)
f: 0.7 x 0.3 x 1.6 cm (1/4 x 1/8 x 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number23-11-246a-f
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ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Beads
DescriptionThis is a group consisting of:
a) one steatite cylinder bead
b) two joining fragments of a large faience tapering cylinder bead with spiral incising,
c) one broken faience cylinder bead
d) one black biconical bead
e) one glassy faience disc bead
f) one irregular faience amulet (found housed with 23-11-339c-k and labelled 23-10-340g)
one tiny faience frog amulet.
a) one steatite cylinder bead
b) two joining fragments of a large faience tapering cylinder bead with spiral incising,
c) one broken faience cylinder bead
d) one black biconical bead
e) one glassy faience disc bead
f) one irregular faience amulet (found housed with 23-11-339c-k and labelled 23-10-340g)
one tiny faience frog amulet.
ProvenanceFrom Egypt, Sheikh Farag SF 5040 debris. 1923: excavated by the Harvard University–Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of Egypt.