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Necklace [(choker)] of [faience] beads. Illustration: No
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- ID
- HUMFA_14-1-89
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- Department
- Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
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- Classification
- Jewelry & adornment-Necklaces and pectorals
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- Findspot
- Pit G 4341 A, shaft
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- Material
- [Faience]
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- Credit Line
- Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
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- Object Ownership Information
- MFA accession numbers: 24.1749a, 24.1749b
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- Period
- Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4
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- Date of Register Entry
- 01/30/1914, 01/31/1914
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- Remarks
- MFA 24.1749a: reconstructed choker (two faience terminals with fitting spacers, six white spacers of zigzag form, various other beads of different types and shapes); MFA 24.1749b: leftover beads from reconstruction of choker, three types of beads (dark blue ring beads, light blue barrel beads, dark blue barrel beads).
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- Problems/Questions
- MFA accession numbers verified
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- Site Name Western Cemetery
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Markowitz, Yvonne J., Joyce L. Haynes, and Rita E. Freed. Egypt in the Age of the Pyramids: Highlights from the Harvard University–Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Expedition. Boston: MFA Publications, 2002, p. 70, cat. 18.
