Jewelry: strand of faience imitation cowrie shell beads
Strand of beads: composed of sixteen faience beads shaped like cowrie shells. [06-12-9]
Details
- ID
- MFAB_11.3119
- Alternate IDs
- MFAB_11.3119; 11.3119
- Department
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
- Classification
- Jewelry & adornment-Necklaces and pectorals
- Period
- Greco-Roman Period, Roman Imperial
- Entry Date
- 30 B.C. – A.D. 364
- Title
- Jewelry: strand of faience imitation cowrie shell beads
- Medium
- Faience
- Credit Line
- Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Provenance
- Menkaure Pyramid Temple ([MPT] GMT / NW corner of court / burial)
- Bibliography
- Reisner, George A. Mycerinus: The Temples of the Third Pyramid at Giza. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1931, p. 13.
- 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.
- Remarks
- Registration number obtained from publication; no registration records available for 1906. 06-12-9: only eleven imitation cowries recorded in publication, twelve appear in photo A232.