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Jewelry element: faience and steatite beads

Object register page:

Six hundred fifteen (615) [black] faience [and steatite] cylinder beads ([in this box forty-one beads of green glazed faience (a few originally blue)]). Illustration: No. Supplementary illustration: Yes. Supplementary illustration scale: 2:1

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_25-1-1174
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Classification
    Jewelry & adornment-Beads
  • Findspot
    Pit G 7112 A, body
  • Material
    Faience, [steatite]
  • Dimensions
    Length: .6 - 1.5 cm Diameter: .3 cm
  • Credit Line
    Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Object Ownership Information
    MFA accession number: 25.1954
  • Date of Register Entry
    01/24/1925
  • Problems/Questions
    MFA accession number verified

Tombs and Monuments 1

  • G 7112

    • Site Name Eastern Cemetery

Published Documents 1

Unpublished Documents 3

Full Bibliography

  • Simpson, William Kelly. The Mastabas of Kawab, Khafkhufu I and II. Giza Mastabas 3. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1978, p. 31.