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Jewelry element: faience udjat (eye of Horus) beads

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2 of 2 • Faience amulets and beads from street G 7700 (May 4, 1929): top row: 29-5-37a (= MFA 29.2501, copper ring beads) + 29-5-37b (short cylinder bead), 29-5-38 (= MFA 29.2502, faience ring beads), 29-5-36d (= MFA 29.2573.4, sixty-nine small udjat beads); middle row: 29-5-36e (= MFA 29.2573.5, one udjat), 29-5-36f (= MFA 2573.6, one udjat), 29-5-36g (= MFA 29.2573.7, one udjat), __-__-__ (possibly one of sixty-nine udjat beads 29-5-36d), __-__-__; bottom row: 29-5-36b (= MFA 29.2573.2, three udjats), 29-5-36a (= MFA 29.2573.1, one udjat), 29-5-36c (= MFA 29.2573.3, four udjats)
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Faience amulets and beads from street G 7700 (May 4, 1929): top row: 29-5-37a (= MFA 29.2501, copper ring beads) + 29-5-37b (short cylinder bead), 29-5-38 (= MFA 29.2502, faience ring beads), 29-5-36d (= MFA 29.2573.4, sixty-nine small udjat beads); middle row: 29-5-36e (= MFA 29.2573.5, one udjat), 29-5-36f (= MFA 2573.6, one udjat), 29-5-36g (= MFA 29.2573.7, one udjat), __-__-__ (possibly one of sixty-nine udjat beads 29-5-36d), __-__-__; bottom row: 29-5-36b (= MFA 29.2573.2, three udjats), 29-5-36a (= MFA 29.2573.1, one udjat), 29-5-36c (= MFA 29.2573.3, four udjats)

Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Street G 7700

A number of faience udjat eye beads; blue glaze: a) one [large conventionalized multiple udjat eye]; b) three [medium sized conventionalized multiple udjat eyes]; c) four [small conventionalized multiple udjat eyes]; d) sixty-nine very small [udjat eye beads]; e) one perforated [conventionalized udjat eye]; f) one [perforated conventionalized] udjat eye; g) one short udjat eye. Illustration: Yes [a and d]. Illustration scale: 1:1

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_29-5-36
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Classification
    Jewelry & adornment-Beads
  • Findspot
    Street G 7700
  • Material
    Faience
  • Dimensions
    Width: a) 23 mm; b) 18 mm; c) 12 mm; e) 14 mm; f) 9 mm Length: .6 - 2.5 cm; a) 25 mm; b) 20 mm; c) 13 mm; e) 16 mm; f) 12.5 mm; g) 4.5 mm Diameter: g) .5 mm
  • Credit Line
    Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Object Ownership Information
    MFA accession numbers: 29.2573.1–29.2573.7
  • Date of Register Entry
    05/04/1929
  • Remarks
    MFA 29.1573.1 (= 29-5-36a, one udjat), MFA 29.1573.2 (= 29-5-36b, three udjats), MFA 29.1573.3 (= 29-5-36c, four udjats), MFA 29.1573.4 (= 29-5-36d, sixty-nine udjat beads), MFA 29.1573.5 (= 29-5-36e, one udjat), MFA 29.1573.6 (= 29-5-36f, one udjat), MFA 29.1573.7 (= 29-5-36g, one udjat)
  • Problems/Questions
    MFA accession numbers verified

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