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Pill box (8.2 cm in diameter) one-seventh full of faience cylinder, composite, and ring beads, (late); cylinder beads blue glaze except for one red glaze, composite beads blue, red, and blue-green glaze, ring beads blue and green glaze.
Illustration: No

Details

ID
HUMFA_31-1-222
Alternate IDs
HUMFA_31-1-222; 31-1-222
Department
Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Classification
Jewelry & adornment-Beads
Entry Date
01/19/1931
Title
Jewelry element: faience beads
Medium
Faience
Dimensions
Width: composite beads: 2 - 3 mm; ring beads: 1 - 2 mm Length: cylinder beads: 13 - 15 mm Diameter: cylinder beads: 2 - 3 mm; composite beads: 4 - 5 mm; ring beads: 3 - 4 mm
Credit Line
Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Provenance
Rock-cut tomb G 7823, debris

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