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Jewelry element: faience spacers

[One of] six different necklace elements: b) eleven faience spacers; originally blue-green glaze, four discolored more or less brown. Illustration: Yes. Illustration scale: 1:1

Details

  • ID
    GEM_28554b
  • Department
    Grand Egyptian Museum
  • Classification
    Jewelry & adornment-Necklaces and pectorals
  • Findspot
    Pit G 4341 B, debris of chamber
  • Material
    Faience
  • Dimensions
    Width: .7 - .9 cm Length: 2.4 - 2.8 cm Thickness: .4 - .5 cm
  • Credit Line
    Grand Egyptian Museum
  • Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts excavation number
    HUMFA_34-8-4b
  • Journal d'Entree number
    EMC_JE_68319
  • Journal d'Entree number
    EMC_JE_67608
  • Cairo Special Register number
    EMC_SR_7/4363
  • Period
    Old Kingdom, Dynasty 5
  • Date of Register Entry
    08/15/1934
  • Notes
    Five terminals, four pendants, sixteen spacers, and a number of cylinder and ring beads registered as GEM_28554; originally registered as HUMFA_34-8-4a-f. Formerly EMC_JE_68319 (also registered as EMC_JE_67608).

Tombs and Monuments 1

  • G 4341

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

Unpublished Documents 3