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Jewelry: necklace of faience beads

Object register page:

Necklace [(choker)] of [faience] beads. Illustration: No

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_14-1-89
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Classification
    Jewelry & adornment-Necklaces and pectorals
  • Findspot
    Pit G 4341 A, shaft
  • Material
    [Faience]
  • Credit Line
    Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Object Ownership Information
    MFA accession numbers: 24.1749a, 24.1749b
  • Period
    Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4
  • Date of Register Entry
    01/30/1914, 01/31/1914
  • 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).
  • Problems/Questions
    MFA accession numbers verified

Tombs and Monuments 1

  • G 4341

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

Unpublished Documents 3

Full Bibliography

  • 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.