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Beads from avenue G 2 east, S of G 7510: top row: 29-3-357 (diorite pendant), 29-3-358 (= MFA 29.2429, two diorite ball beaded, one fused to silver bead), 29-3-351 (carnelian pendant), 29-3-355 (= MFA 29.2427, carnelian pendant); second row: 29-3-344 (= MFA 29.2421, eight of sixteen carnelian beads); third row: 29-3-344 (= MFA 29.2421, eight of sixteen carnielian beads); fourth row: 29-3-344 (= MFA 29.2421, thirteen opaque red stone beads, two fused to silver beads); fifth row: 29-3-345 (= MFA 29.2422, seven faience beads, two fused to copper beads), __-__-__, 29-3-346 (= MFA 29.2423, glass bead); bottom row: 29-3-347 (= MFA 29.2424, faience cylinder bead), 29-3-348 (= MFA 29.2425, three white stone rectangular beads)

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_C11710_NS
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Subjects
    Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: avenue G 2
  • Date
    06/01/1929
  • Remarks
    29-3-344: fourteen of sixteen carnelian beads and thirteen red stone beads accessioned as MFA 29.2421
  • Problems/Questions
    Problem: area S of G 7510 may or may not be avenue G 1 (this area is a "dog-leg" of what is elsewhere identified as avenue G 2) // not all beads in fifth row identified (29-3-345 quantity needs to be clarified) // all else VERIFIED: 29-3-52, 29-3-53, 29-3-54, 29-3-55 incorrectly reference this photo; arrangement and identifications verified based on object register; MFA accession numbers verified
  • Photographer
    Mohammedani Ibrahim

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