Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 2422
Necklace elements: c) three complete and one in three fragments faience semi-circular end piece (terminals) with five holes. Illustration: Yes
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- ID
- HUMFA_36-6-55c
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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 2422 D, coffin pit
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- Material
- Faience
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- Dimensions
- Height: 3.3 - 3.6 cm; 2.2+ cm Width: 2.5 - 2.7 cm; 1+ cm Thickness: .5 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: 37.1311a-b
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- Date of Register Entry
- 06/29/1936
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- Remarks
- MFA 37.1311a-b: two reconstructed bracelets including 36-6-55c (terminals), 36-6-55e (spacers), 36-7-35 ([a] cylinder beads from G 2416 D III)
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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. 156, note 117.
Freed, Rita E., Lawrence M. Berman, and Denise M. Doxey. Arts of Ancient Egypt. MFA Highlights. Boston: MFA Publications, 2003, pp. 90-91.
Markowitz, Yvonne J., Joyce L. Haynes, and Rita E. Freed. Egypt in the Age of the Pyramids: Highlights from the Harvard University–Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Expedition. Boston: MFA Publications, 2002, p. 97, cat. 37c.
Smith, William Stevenson. Ancient Egypt as Represented in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1960 (6th ed.), p. 67.
