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Mixed lot of beads: a) about four hundred (400) faience ring beads; b) thirty-two faience cylinder beads; c) five faience ball beads; d) six short faience cylinder beads; e) five long faience cylinder beads; f) one hundred sixty (160) faience ring and double beads; g) ten glass ball beads, blue and white swirled; h) four long faience cylinder beads; i) ten shell beads. [07-2-147]

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_07-2-147
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Classification
    Jewelry & adornment-Beads
  • Findspot
    Menkaure Pyramid Temple ([MPT] GMT / room J2 = sloping corridor 28)
  • Material
    Faience, glass, shell
  • Dimensions
    a: 0.2 cm (1/16 in.) b: 1.2 x 0.4 cm (1/2 x 3/16 in.) c: 0.5 cm (3/16 in.) d: 0.4 cm (3/16 in.) e: 1.9 x 0.4 cm (3/4 x 3/16 in.) f: 0.2 cm (1/16 in.) g: 0.5 cm (3/16 in.) h: 1 x 0.2 cm (3/8 x 1/16 in.) i largest: 1.2 x 0.8 cm (1/2 x 5/16 in.) i smallest: 0.4 x 0.4 cm (3/16 x 3/16 in.)
  • Credit Line
    Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Object Ownership Information
    MFA
  • Period
    Greco-Roman
  • Notes
    This object was excavated by the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition, but was not recorded in any object register book. 1907: 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 1907.

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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. 21.