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Jewelry: strand of faience beads

Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Menkaure pyramid temple

Strand of faience beads: composed of mixed lot of five hundred thirty-two (532) faience beads (originally from various necklaces) including two hundred sixty-one (261) long cylinder beads, one (1) black ball bead, two (2) blue eye beads, two hundred (200) single ring beads, thirty-seven (37) multiple ring beads, thirty-one (31) figure eight ring beads; blue, green, black, or beige glaze. [06-12-11]

Details

  • ID
    MFAB_11.3121
  • Department
    Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
  • Classification
    Jewelry & adornment-Beads
  • Findspot
    Menkaure Pyramid Temple ([MPT] GMT / NW corner of court / burial)
  • Material
    Faience
  • Dimensions
    Overall: 300 cm (118 1/8 in.) - length of string.
  • Credit Line
    Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Object Ownership Information
    MFA
  • Period
    Greco-Roman Period, Roman Imperial
  • Date of Register Entry
    30 B.C. – A.D. 364
  • 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.
  • Remarks
    Registration number obtained from publication; no registration records available for 1906.

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Full Bibliography

  • Reisner, George A. Mycerinus: The Temples of the Third Pyramid at Giza. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1931, p. 13.