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Pill box (5.3 cm in diameter) one-third full of small faience ring beads; grey blue-green glaze.
Illustration: No

Details

ID
HUMFA_35-1-27
Alternate IDs
35-1-27; HUMFA_35-1-27
Department
Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Classification
Jewelry & adornment-Beads
Entry Date
01/25/1935
Title
Jewelry element: faience beads
Medium
Faience
Dimensions
Diameter: 1.5 - 2.5 mm Thickness: .5 - 1.5 mm
Credit Line
Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Provenance
Pit G 1102 F, chamber, mummy wrappings
Bibliography
Brovarski, Edward. "Old Kingdom Beaded Collars." In Jacke Phillips with Lanny Bell, Bruce B. Williams, James Hoch and Ronald J. Leprohon (eds.) Ancient Egypt, the Aegean, and the Near East. Studies in Honour of Martha Rhoads Bell, Volume 1. San Antonio: Van Siclen Books, 1997, p. 156, note 117. Freed, Rita E., Lawrence M. Berman, and Denise M. Doxey. Arts of Ancient Egypt. MFA Highlights. Boston: MFA Publications, 2003, pp. 90-91. Markowitz, Yvonne J., Joyce L. Haynes, and Rita E. Freed. Egypt in the Age of the Pyramids: Highlights from the Harvard University–Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Expedition. Boston: MFA Publications, 2002, p. 97, cat. 37b. Smith, William Stevenson. Ancient Egypt as Represented in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1960 (6th ed.), p. 67.
Remarks
MFA 37.1313: reconstructed broadcollar including 35-1-27 (ring beads), and elements from 36-7-35 and 36-6-55
Problems/Questions
MFA accession number verified

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