Skip to main content

Jewelry element: shells and faience, glass, and carnelian beads

Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 7690, G 7000 SE 41, G 7777, G 7524

One thousand ninety-eight (1098) small faience ring beads; dark green glaze // fourteen small faience ring beads; brown glaze // fifty-three small faience ring beads; black glaze // three long faience cylinder beads; blue and green glaze // six small faience barrel beads; green glaze // thirty-one small univalve shells; pierced // one blue glass bead // one carnelian ball bead // one faience ring bead; green glaze. Illustration: Yes

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_28-4-74
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Classification
    Jewelry & adornment-Beads
  • Findspot
    Debris E of mastaba G 7690, N of Roman [grave G 7000] SE XLI (G 7000 SE 41)
  • Material
    Faience, shell, glass, carnelian
  • Dimensions
    Width: shell: .8 cm Length: cylinder: 1.4 cm; small barrel: .6 - .8 cm; shells: 1.2 cm; blue glass: 1 cm Diameter: dark green ring: .2 cm; brown ring: .3 cm; black ring: .4 cm; carnelian ball: .6 cm; green ring: .5 cm
  • Credit Line
    Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Object Ownership Information
    MFA accession number: 28.1418
  • Date of Register Entry
    04/09/1928
  • Remarks
    Fourteen univalve shells accessioned as MFA 28.1418
  • Problems/Questions
    MFA accession number verified

Tombs and Monuments 2