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Pill box (8 cm in diameter) full of faience beads: a) blue and black faience cylinder beads.
Illustration: Yes

Details

ID
HUMFA_36-5-47a
Alternate IDs
36-5-47a; HUMFA_36-5-47a; EMC_JE_67609; JE_67609; EMC_JE_68318; JE_68318; EMC_SR_7/4362; SR_7/4362
Department
Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Classification
Jewelry & adornment-Beads
Entry Date
05/20/1936
Title
Jewelry element: faience beads
Medium
Faience
Dimensions
Length: .4 - 1 cm Diameter: .2 - .3 cm
Credit Line
Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Provenance
Pit G 2420 H, chamber, coffin pit
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. 157, note 122.
Notes
Two faience terminals (HUMFA_36-5-46) and a number of cylinder and ring beads (HUMFA_36-5-47a and HUMFA_36-5-47b) now in collection of Egyptian Museum, Cairo; originally registered as EMC_JE_67609, reregistered as EMC_JE_68318.

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