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Jewelry element: faience beads

Object register page:

Sixty long faience cylinder beads; blue or faded blue glaze // nineteen fragments of faience cylinder beads; blue or faded blue glaze // one faience multiple bead with six beads stuck together; white; color gone // one faience multiple bead with three beads stuck together; blue (?) glaze; color nearly gone // small faience object, crudely made udjat eye; dark green glaze. Illustration: Yes. Illustration scale: 1:1

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_27-4-1208
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Classification
    Jewelry & adornment-Beads
  • Findspot
    Street G 7500, debris between mastabas G 7540 and G 7530
  • Material
    Faience
  • Dimensions
    Width: six bead multiple bead: .3 cm; three bead multiple bead: .3 cm; udjat eye: .6 cm Length: cylinder beads: 1.4 - 1.6 cm; cylinder bead fragments: .5 - 1.3 cm; six bead multiple bead: 1 cm; three bead multiple bead: .4 cm; udjat eye: .8 cm Thickness: cylinder beads: ca .2 cm
  • Credit Line
    Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Date of Register Entry
    04/16/1927

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