Faience, carnelian, and amazonite amulets and beads
Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 2382, G 2384, G 2382, G 2385, G 2374, G 2224, G 2330 = G 5380, G 2375, G 2412
Two amulets and lot of beads; various materials, shapes, sizes (see illustration).
Illustration: Yes
Details
- ID
- HUMFA_13-1-531
- Alternate IDs
- HUMFA_13-1-531; 13-1-531
- Department
- Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Classification
- Jewelry & adornment-Miscellaneous
- Period
- Old Kingdom
- Entry Date
- January 1913
- Title
- Faience, carnelian, and amazonite amulets and beads
- Medium
- Faience, carnelian, [amazonite]
- Credit Line
- Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Provenance
- Pit G 2375 Y
- Remarks
- Strand of beads (1 carnelian biconical bead, 2 carnelian barrel beads, 1 large faience cylinder bead, 13 small faience and steatite cylinder beads, 1 faience ring bead, 12 carnelian ring beads, 1 faience amulet) accessioned as MFA 13.3411. One amazonite lion amulet accessioned as MFA 13.3411a.
- Problems/Questions
- MFA accession numbers verified
