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2 of 3 • Jewelry elements: upper left (left): [G 1231 (= G 1234) B] 34-10-28a (= MFA 37.1329, cylinder bead), 34-10-29a (= MFA 37.1330, cylinder bead); upper left (right): [G 2422] 36-6-13 (= MFA 37.1333, amulet); middle left (left): [G 4811+4812: G 4811 B] 35-11-72 (three cylinder beads); middle left (right): [G 2347a A (= G 5563 A)] 35-10-30 (cylinder bead); bottom left: [G 1102 F] 35-1-27 (= MFA 37.1313, ring beads); right: [G 4516 C] 35-8-54 (a + c + d + f = MFA 37.1335, e = MFA 37.1328): top row: c) long cylinder beads; second row: b) short cylinder beads, a) ring beads; third row: f) two terminals, d) three spacers; bottom row: e) bell-shaped pendants
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Jewelry elements: upper left (left): [G 1231 (= G 1234) B] 34-10-28a (= MFA 37.1329, cylinder bead), 34-10-29a (= MFA 37.1330, cylinder bead); upper left (right): [G 2422] 36-6-13 (= MFA 37.1333, amulet); middle left (left): [G 4811+4812: G 4811 B] 35-11-72 (three cylinder beads); middle left (right): [G 2347a A (= G 5563 A)] 35-10-30 (cylinder bead); bottom left: [G 1102 F] 35-1-27 (= MFA 37.1313, ring beads); right: [G 4516 C] 35-8-54 (a + c + d + f = MFA 37.1335, e = MFA 37.1328): top row: c) long cylinder beads; second row: b) short cylinder beads, a) ring beads; third row: f) two terminals, d) three spacers; bottom row: e) bell-shaped pendants
Cemetery G 4000: G 4516 C, burial chamber, faience jewelry elements (35-8-54) on bottom of rock-cut pit-coffin, looking E

Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 1102, G 1234, G 5563, G 2422, G 4516, G 4811+4812

[One of] ten different necklace elements: b) about seventy (70) short faience cylinder beads; green glaze; fifty (50) short faience cylinder beads; faded black. Illustration: Yes. Illustration scale: 1:1

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_35-8-54b
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Classification
    Jewelry & adornment-Beads
  • Findspot
    Pit G 4516 C, [rock-cut] pit-coffin
  • Material
    Faience
  • Dimensions
    Length: 4 - 8 cm Diameter: 2 - 3 cm
  • Credit Line
    Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Object Ownership Information
    MFA
  • Date of Register Entry
    08/21/1935
  • Remarks
    Some beads and elements used for reconstructed choker (necklace) = MFA 37.1335 (35-8-54a, c, d, f); others used for reconstructed collar (necklace) = 35-8-54a-c (35-8-54a, b, c, MFA owned, unaccessioned); pendant beads = MFA 37.1328 (35-8-54e)

Tombs and Monuments 1

  • G 4516

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

Published Documents 1

Unpublished Documents 5

Full Bibliography

  • 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, pp. 156, 159, notes 120, 131, pl. I.