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String of beads
Egyptian
Middle Kingdom
2040–1640 B.C.
Findspot: Egypt, Abydos, Tomb G 60
Medium/Technique
Faience
Dimensions
Overall: 27.7 cm (10 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Egypt Exploration Fund by subscription
Accession Number02.793
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsJewelry, Ancient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Beads
DescriptionThis is a string of beads made of twenty-two large, round, blue green glaze ball beads, plus two blue green cylinder beads and one blue green ring bead.
ProvenanceFrom Egypt, Abydos Tomb G 60. 1902: 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 on November 17, 1902. (Accession Date: November 17, 1902)