Object register page:
Faience cylinder beads; five pairs and lot of three beads found stuck together, beads apparently set in plaster on mummy case; blue, red, yellow. Illustration: Yes
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- ID
- HUMFA_25-12-232
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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
- Pit G 6028 F, chamber, sand in coffin
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- Material
- Faience
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- Dimensions
- Length: average: 2.65 cm Diameter: average: .25 cm
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- Credit Line
- Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
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- Object Ownership Information
- MFA accession number: 25.2897
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- Date of Register Entry
- 12/17/1925
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- Remarks
- About two hundred (200) faience cylinder beads accessioned as MFA 25.2897.
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- Problems/Questions
- MFA accession number verified
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- Site Name Western Cemetery
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Brovarski, Edward. "Old Kingdom Beaded Collars." In Jacke Phillips with Lanny Bell, Bruce B. Williams, James Hoch and Ronald J. Leprohon (eds.) Ancient Egypt, the Aegean, and the Near East. Studies in Honour of Martha Rhoads Bell, Volume 1. San Antonio: Van Siclen Books, 1997, p. 157, note 121.
