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Thirty-nine short faience cylinder beads, two faience ring beads, one fragment of end piece [(terminal)] with holes [bored] clear through; faded blue-green glaze.
Illustration: No

Details

ID
HUMFA_15-12-50
Alternate IDs
HUMFA_15-12-50; 15-12-50
Department
Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Classification
Jewelry & adornment-Beads
Entry Date
12/28/1915
Title
Jewelry element: faience beads and faience terminal fragment
Medium
Faience
Dimensions
Width: end piece: 3.1 cm Length: beads: 5 - 13 mm; end piece: 2.7 cm Diameter: beads: 3 mm
Credit Line
Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Provenance
Pit G 4410 A, debris in chamber
Bibliography
Reisner, George A. A History of the Giza Necropolis 1. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1942, p.. 515.

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