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Faience bead in form of crude scarab.

Details

ID
MFAB_11.871
Alternate IDs
MFAB_11.871; 11.871
Department
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Classification
Jewelry & adornment-Beads
Period
Old Kingdom
Title
Jewelry element: faience scarab bead
Medium
Faience
Dimensions
Length: 0.8 cm (5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Provenance
Menkaure Valley Temple (MVT / between granary under room I 50 [Dynasty 4 level] and walls of I 50)
Bibliography
Reisner, George A. Mycerinus: The Temples of the Third Pyramid at Giza. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1931, p. 235.
Notes
This object was excavated by the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition, but was not recorded in any object register book. Excavated by the Harvard University–Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; 1911: assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Egypt. (Accession date: March 2, 1911)

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