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2 of 2 • Amulets, beads, and shells (lot d) from Menkaure pyramid temple, communal grave in room J1 (= pillared hall 27): 07-2-101 (large udjat = MFA 11.888, cowrie shells = MFA 11.1024, spiral shells = MFA 11.3063, cylinder, barrel, and ring beads = some included in MFA 11.997)
Amulets, beads, and shells (lot d) from Menkaure pyramid temple, communal grave in room J1 (= pillared hall 27): 07-2-101 (large udjat = MFA 11.888, cowrie shells = MFA 11.1024, spiral shells = MFA 11.3063, cylinder, barrel, and ring beads = some included in MFA 11.997)
Amulets, beads, and shells (lot d) from Menkaure pyramid temple, communal grave in room J1 (= pillared hall 27): 07-2-101 (large udjat = MFA 11.888, cowrie shells = MFA 11.1024, spiral shells = MFA 11.3063, cylinder, barrel, and ring beads = some included in MFA 11.997)
Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Menkaure pyramid temple
Twenty-five cowrie shells strung together; white and cream; good condition. [07-2-101]
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- ID
- MFAB_11.1024
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- Department
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
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- Classification
- Jewelry & adornment-Beads
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- Findspot
- Menkaure Pyramid Temple ([MPT] GMT / room J1 = pillared hall 27, between pillars 2 and 3 / Lot d)
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- Material
- Shell
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- Dimensions
- Overall: 45.4 cm (17 7/8 in.)
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- Credit Line
- Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
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- Object Ownership Information
- MFA
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- Period
- Greco-Roman Period, Roman Imperial
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- Date of Register Entry
- 30 B.C. – A.D. 364
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- Notes
- This object was excavated by the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition, but was not recorded in any object register book. Excavated by the Harvard University–Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; 1911: assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Egypt. (Accession date: March 2, 1911)
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- Remarks
- Registration number obtained from publication; no registration records available for 1907.
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- Site Name Menkaure Pyramid Complex
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Reisner, George A. Mycerinus: The Temples of the Third Pyramid at Giza. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1931, p. 261.
