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Miscellaneous fragments from silver bracelets (corroded pieces of silver) and miscellaneous pieces from butterfly inlays (turquoise, lapis lazuli, carnelian).

Details

ID
MFAB_47.1702
Alternate IDs
47.1702; MFAB_47.1702
Department
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Classification
Jewelry & adornment-Bracelets, armlets, anklets
Period
Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4, reign of Snefru - reign of Khufu
Entry Date
2575–2528 B.C.
Title
Jewelry: fragments of silver bracelets and butterfly inlays
Medium
Silver, lapis lazuli, turquoise, carnelian
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Provenance
G 7000 X, Hetepheres I
Bibliography
No author. The Tomb of Queen Hetep-heres. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, no date, pp. 8-9. Smith, William Stevenson. "The Old Kingdom in Egypt," The Cambridge Ancient History, rev. ed. of vols. I & II, Cambridge University Press, 1962, p. 26.
Notes
This object was excavated by the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition, but was not recorded in any object register book. 1926: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; 1947: gift of the government of Egypt.

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