{ "description": "Fifty-two faience beads; shapes varied (51 various cylindrical + 1 knobby barrel), various shades of blue and greenish-blue; good condition. [barrel bead 07-2-81 (lot a), cylindrical beads probably 07-2-75 (lot a and lot c)]", "@context": "https://iiif.io/api/presentation/2/context.json", "@id": "https://giza.digitalhumanities.harvard.edu/manifests/objects-26166.json", "label": "Jewelry element: faience beads", "@type": "sc:Manifest", "metadata": [ { "label": "ID", "value": "MFAB_11.977" }, { "label": "Department", "value": "Museum of Fine Arts, Boston" }, { "label": "Classification", "value": "Jewelry & adornment-Beads" }, { "label": "Findspot", "value": "Menkaure Pyramid Temple ([MPT] GMT / room J1 = pillared hall 27 / Lots a, c)" }, { "label": "Material", "value": "Faience" }, { "label": "Dimensions", "value": "Overall: 82.5 cm (32 1/2 in.) length; .4 bead diameter" }, { "label": "Credit Line", "value": "Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition" }, { "label": "Object Ownership Information", "value": "MFA" }, { "label": "Period", "value": "Greco-Roman Period, Roman Imperial" }, { "label": "Date of Register Entry", "value": "30 B.C. – A.D. 364" }, { "label": "Notes", "value": "This object was excavated by the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition, but was not recorded in any object register book. Excavated by the Harvard University–Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; 1911: assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Egypt. (Accession date: March 2, 1911)" }, { "label": "Remarks", "value": "Registration number obtained from publication; no registration records available for 1907." }, { "label": "Date", "value": "30 B.C. – A.D. 364" } ], "sequences": [ { "label": "Default order", "@type": "sc:Sequence", "@id": "https://giza.digitalhumanities.harvard.edu/manifests/objects-26166/sequence/0", "canvases": [ { "@id": "https://giza.digitalhumanities.harvard.edu/manifests/objects-26166/canvas/0", "label": "Amulets, scarabs, and beads from Menkaure pyramid temple, communal grave in room J1 (= pillared hall 27): upper half (lot c): 07-2-65 (seated cat-headed goddess), 07-2-66 (two udjat/wadj plaques = MFA 11.1001, MFA 11.1049), 07-2-74 (barrel beads), 07-2-75 (cylinder beads = part of MFA 11.977), 07-2-80 (cat amulet = MFA 11.1048), 07-2-81 (miscellaneous beads, ball bead = MFA 11.1096), __-__-__ (possibly 07-2-71, fragment of udjat = MFA 11.1050,); lower half (lot a): 07-2-67 (scarab = MFA 11.1013), 07-2-68 (scarab = MFA 11.1000), 07-2-69 (upper half of Sekhmet amulet = MFA 11.1012), 07-2-70 (Sekhmet amulet = MFA 11.991), 07-2-71 (five udjats, three of complete amulets = MFA 11.988, MFA 11.990, MFA 11.1010, fragment = MFA 11.989), 07-2-72 (= MFA 11.1011, ivory plaque), 07-2-73 (three silver earrings = MFA 11.1007, MFA 11.1008, MFA 11.1009), 07-2-74 (two large barrel beads = part of MFA 11.997), 07-2-75 (cylinder beads = part of MFA 11.977), 07-2-76 (carnelian beads, top row 1/1, 1/2, 1/3 = possibly part of MFA 11.997), 07-2-77 (pebble pendant = part of MFA 11.966), 07-2-78 (three small pendants = part of MFA 11.966), 07-2-79 (headrest amulet = MFA 11.1035), 07-2-81 (miscellaneous beads, knobby barrel bead = part of MFA 11.977), __-__-__ (head of amulet of female deity wearing horns and solar disk = MFA 11.999)", "@type": "sc:Canvas", "width": 1897, "height": 2693, "images": [ { "on": "https://giza.digitalhumanities.harvard.edu/manifests/objects-26166/canvas/0", "motivation": "sc:painting", "@type": "oa:Annotation", "@id": "https://giza.digitalhumanities.harvard.edu/manifests/objects-26166/annotation/canvas/0", "resource": { "width": 1897, "@id": "https://iiif-cache.digitalhumanities.fas.harvard.edu/iiif/thumb?url=https://ids.lib.harvard.edu/ids/iiif/460119661/full/full/0/default.jpg", "@type": "dctypes:Image", "height": 2693, "service": { "@context": "https://iiif.io/api/presentation/2/context.json", "@id": "https://ids.lib.harvard.edu/ids/iiif/460119661", "profile": "http://iiif.io/api/image/2/level1.json" } } } ], "metadata": [ { "label": "ID", "value": "HUMFA_B612_NS" }, { "label": "Department", "value": "Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition" }, { "label": "Subjects", "value": "Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Menkaure pyramid temple" }, { "label": "Date", "value": "May 1910" }, { "label": "Problems/Questions", "value": "VERIFIED: these objects from MPT (GMT) not MVT (see C407, C410); registration numbers based on publication pp. 260-261 (no registration records from this date); apparently some beads from lot a and lot c combined under one assigned registration number in published list; 11.1050: this object may be an extra unrecorded (in publication) udjat belonging to group of 5 udjats with assigned registration number 07-2-71 (others attributed to lot a); MFA accession numbers verified" }, { "label": "Photographer", "value": "Probert" } ] }, { "@id": "https://giza.digitalhumanities.harvard.edu/manifests/objects-26166/canvas/1", "label": "Amulets, scarabs, and beads (lot a) from Menkaure pyramid temple, communal grave in room J1 (= pillared hall 27): 07-2-67 (scarab = MFA 11.1013, lower), 07-2-68 (scarab = MFA 11.1000, upper ), 07-2-69 (upper half of amulet of Sekhmet = MFA 11.1012), 07-2-70 (amulet of Sekhmet = MFA 11.991), 07-2-71 (five udjat amulets, top row: 1/1 = MFA 11.988, 1/2 = MFA 11.989, 1/4 = MFA 11.1010, second row: 2/5 = MFA 11.990), 07-2-72 (ivory plaque = MFA 11.1011), 07-2-73 (three fragments of earrings = MFA 11.1007, MFA 11.1008, MFA 11.1009), 07-2-74 (two large barrel beads = part of MFA 11.997), 07-2-75 (cylinder beads = part of MFA 11.977), 07-2-76 (carnelian beads = possibly part of MFA 11.997), 07-2-77 (pebble pendant = part of MFA 11.966), 07-2-78 (three small pendants = part of MFA 11.966), 07-2-79 (headrest amulet = MFA 11.1035), 07-2-81 (miscellaneous beads, knobby barrel bead = part of MFA 11.977), __-__-__ (head of amulet of female deity wearing horns and solar disk = MFA 11.999)", "@type": "sc:Canvas", "width": 2620, "height": 1916, "images": [ { "on": "https://giza.digitalhumanities.harvard.edu/manifests/objects-26166/canvas/1", "motivation": "sc:painting", "@type": "oa:Annotation", "@id": "https://giza.digitalhumanities.harvard.edu/manifests/objects-26166/annotation/canvas/1", "resource": { "width": 2620, "@id": "https://iiif-cache.digitalhumanities.fas.harvard.edu/iiif/thumb?url=https://ids.lib.harvard.edu/ids/iiif/461264451/full/full/0/default.jpg", "@type": "dctypes:Image", "height": 1916, "service": { "@context": "https://iiif.io/api/presentation/2/context.json", "@id": "https://ids.lib.harvard.edu/ids/iiif/461264451", "profile": "http://iiif.io/api/image/2/level1.json" } } } ], "metadata": [ { "label": "ID", "value": "HUMFA_C407_NS" }, { "label": "Department", "value": "Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition" }, { "label": "Subjects", "value": "Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Menkaure pyramid temple" }, { "label": "Date", "value": "05/10/1907" }, { "label": "Problems/Questions", "value": "VERIFIED: mounted print archive card identifies these as 07-2-65 to 81; 07-2-65 and 07-2-66 do not appear in this photo (see C410); registration numbers based on publication pp. 260-261 (no registration records from this date); apparently some beads from lot a and lot c combined under one assigned registration number in published list; specific identifications based on publication; MFA accession numbers verified; re: name M.Kh. (deleted from description) and lot a here, and initials and lots elsewhere, apparently represent groups of object and \"initials\" of Egyptian workers who found these batches of objects; Reisner reference verified" }, { "label": "Photographer", "value": "Said Ahmed Said [Diraz] (Reis)" } ] }, { "@id": "https://giza.digitalhumanities.harvard.edu/manifests/objects-26166/canvas/2", "label": "Amulets and beads (lot c) from Menkaure pyramid temple, communal grave in room J1 (= pillared hall 27): 07-2-65 (seated cat-headed goddess), 07-2-66 (two udjat/wadj plaques = MFA 11.1001, MFA 11.1049), 07-2-74 (barrel beads), 07-2-75 (cylinder beads = part of MFA 11.977), 07-2-80 (cat = MFA 11.1048), 07-2-81 (miscellaneous beads, ball bead = MFA 11.1096), __-__-__ (possibly 07-2-71, fragment of udjat = MFA 11.1050)", "@type": "sc:Canvas", "width": 2596, "height": 1904, "images": [ { "on": "https://giza.digitalhumanities.harvard.edu/manifests/objects-26166/canvas/2", "motivation": "sc:painting", "@type": "oa:Annotation", "@id": "https://giza.digitalhumanities.harvard.edu/manifests/objects-26166/annotation/canvas/2", "resource": { "width": 2596, "@id": "https://iiif-cache.digitalhumanities.fas.harvard.edu/iiif/thumb?url=https://ids.lib.harvard.edu/ids/iiif/461264460/full/full/0/default.jpg", "@type": "dctypes:Image", "height": 1904, "service": { "@context": "https://iiif.io/api/presentation/2/context.json", "@id": "https://ids.lib.harvard.edu/ids/iiif/461264460", "profile": "http://iiif.io/api/image/2/level1.json" } } } ], "metadata": [ { "label": "ID", "value": "HUMFA_C410_NS" }, { "label": "Department", "value": "Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition" }, { "label": "Subjects", "value": "Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Menkaure pyramid temple" }, { "label": "Date", "value": "1907" }, { "label": "Problems/Questions", "value": "VERIFIED: mounted print archive card identifies these as 07-2-65 to 81; registration numbers based on publication pp. 260-261 (no registration records from this date); apparently some beads from lot a and lot c combined under one assigned registration number in published list; specific identifications based on publication; 11.1050: this object may be an extra unrecorded (in publication) udjat belonging to group of 5 udjats with assigned registration number 07-2-71 (others attributed to lot a); MFA accession numbers verified; room J2 corrected to read J1; re: name M.Kh. (deleted from description) and lot c here, and initials and lots elsewhere, apparently represent groups of object and \"initials\" of Egyptian workers who found these batches of objects" }, { "label": "Photographer", "value": "Said Ahmed Said [Diraz] (Reis)" } ] } ], "startCanvas": "https://giza.digitalhumanities.harvard.edu/manifests/objects-26166/canvas/1" } ] }