Digital Giza | Jewelry element: steatite and faience beads

[One hundred seventy-five (175)] steatite [and faience] ring beads [(Old Kingdom)]; [one hundred three (103) speckled steatite, seventy-two (72) blue faience]. Illustration: No. Supplementary illustration: Yes. Supplementary illustration scale: 2:1

ID

HUMFA_25-7-13
Department

Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Classification

Jewelry & adornment-Beads
Findspot

Pit G 7803 C, inside coffin
Material

Steatite, [faience]
Dimensions

Diameter: .3 - .35 cm
Credit Line

Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Object Ownership Information

MFA accession number: 25.2725
Date of Register Entry

07/10/1925
Remarks

One hundred one (101) speckled steatite ring beads accessioned as MFA 25.2725.
Problems/Questions

MFA accession number verified

G 7803
- Site Name Eastern Cemetery

A History of the Giza Necropolis II, Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, Chapter 13: The Funerary Equipment Found in Burial Chambers: Miscellaneous Objects Continued, Page 642
- ID: HUMFA_25-7-13
A History of the Giza Necropolis II, Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, Chapter 13: The Funerary Equipment Found in Burial Chambers: Miscellaneous Objects Continued, Page 642 (alternate version)
- ID: HUMFA_25-7-13

Jewelry element: steatite and faience beads

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