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Beads and amulets
Egyptian
Findspot: Egypt, Shiekh Farag, SF 255 stairway
Medium/Technique
Stone, faience, carnelian, amethyst, amazonite
Dimensions
Smallest: 0.3 cm (1/8 in.)
Largest: 1.5 cm (9/16 in.)
Largest: 1.5 cm (9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number23-10-349
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ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Beads
DescriptionThis group of beads and amulets contains:
a) one amethyst hand amulet
b) one amethyst hawk amulet
c) one carnelian hawk amulet
e) one long irregularly shaped bead or amulet of brown stone
f) two amazonite hippo head amulets (Object Register lists 4)
g) one faience quatrefoil bead
h) one faience barrel bead.
a) one amethyst hand amulet
b) one amethyst hawk amulet
c) one carnelian hawk amulet
e) one long irregularly shaped bead or amulet of brown stone
f) two amazonite hippo head amulets (Object Register lists 4)
g) one faience quatrefoil bead
h) one faience barrel bead.
ProvenanceFrom Egypt, Sheikh Farag SF 255 stairway. 1923: 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.