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String of beads
Egyptian
Findspot: Egypt, Giza, GMT/Room J1 Near 52
Medium/Technique
Faience
Dimensions
Overall length of necklace: 52.5 cm (20 11/16 in.)
Diameter and length of cylinder beads: 0.2 x 0.8 cm (1/16 x 5/16 in.)
Diameter and length of average ring beads: 0.3 x 0.1 cm (1/8 x 1/16 in.)
Length x width of wedjat amulet: 1.9 x 1.2 cm (3/4 x 1/2 in.)
Diameter and length of cylinder beads: 0.2 x 0.8 cm (1/16 x 5/16 in.)
Diameter and length of average ring beads: 0.3 x 0.1 cm (1/8 x 1/16 in.)
Length x width of wedjat amulet: 1.9 x 1.2 cm (3/4 x 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number11.3125
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ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Beads
DescriptionThis string of one hundred beads is composed of forty-nine blue cylinder beads, thirty-nine single ring beads, five multiple ring beads, seven figure eight ring beads, three fragments of ring beads, and a wedjat eye amulet.
ProvenanceFrom Egypt, Giza, Menkaura Pyramid Temple, room J1 = pillared hall 27, near mummy 52. 1907: 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.