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Jewelry element: faience beads

Large pill box (9 cm in diameter) nearly full of faience beads (cf. 30-1-66 and 30-1-84 ): small faded faience cylinder beads; green glaze // a number of faience ring beads; black, chocolate, and green glaze // a number of small faience double ring beads; faded green glaze. Illustration: Yes. Illustration scale: 1:1

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_30-1-93
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Classification
    Jewelry & adornment-Beads
  • Findspot
    Mastaba G 7769, debris
  • Material
    Faience
  • Dimensions
    Length: cylinder beads, average: 1.1 cm Diameter: ring beads, average: .5 cm; double ring beads, average: .4+ cm
  • Credit Line
    Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Date of Register Entry
    01/10/1930

Tombs and Monuments 1

  • G 7769

    • Site Name Eastern Cemetery