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1 of 1 • Amulets and beads from Menkaure pyramid temple, communal grave in room J1 (= pillared hall 27), all from near mummy 52 (J1-52): left (near feet of mummy 52): 07-2-40 (= MFA 11.889, Bes), 07-2-41 (udjat = part of MFA 11.3125), 07-2-42 (beads = part of MFA 11.3125); right (near head of mummy 52): 07-2-43 (includes Bes, udjat, date seed, and beads)
Amulets and beads from Menkaure pyramid temple, communal grave in room J1 (= pillared hall 27), all from near mummy 52 (J1-52): left (near feet of mummy 52): 07-2-40 (= MFA 11.889, Bes), 07-2-41 (udjat = part of MFA 11.3125), 07-2-42 (beads = part of MFA 11.3125); right (near head of mummy 52): 07-2-43 (includes Bes, udjat, date seed, and beads)
Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Menkaure pyramid temple
Sixty-two red, brown, blue, and green faience double ring beads. [07-2-43]
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- ID
- HUMFA_07-2-43b
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- Department
- Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
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- Classification
- Jewelry & adornment-Beads
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- Findspot
- Menkaura Pyramid Temple ([MPT] GMT / room J1 = pillared hall 27 / near mummy 52)
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- Material
- Faience
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- Dimensions
- Overall: 0.3 cm (1/8 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, 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; assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Egypt.
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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. 260.
