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Forty-five faience cylinder beads; green (?) glaze; color gone // bits of copper // tiny scraps of gold foil.
Illustration: Yes.
Illustration scale: 1:1

Details

ID
HUMFA_27-6-18
Alternate IDs
HUMFA_27-6-18; 27-6-18
Department
Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Classification
Jewelry & adornment-Beads
Entry Date
06/05/1927
Title
Jewelry element: faience beads
Medium
Faience, copper, gold
Dimensions
Length: beads: 1.4 cm
Credit Line
Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Provenance
G 7530-7540: pit G 7530 A, debris on floor of chamber
Bibliography
Dunham, Dows, and William Kelly Simpson. The Mastaba of Queen Mersyankh III (G 7530-7540). Giza Mastabas 1. Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, 1974, p. 23.

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