These beads were originally part of a necklace of silver disc beads badly oxidized and stuck together in several sections, with five pendants representing papyrus flower.
Provenance
From Egypt, Zawiyet el-Aryan. 1911: excavated by the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Egypt. Findspot Information: From Zawiyet el-Aryan.
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Egyptian, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18–20, 1550–1070 B.C.
Findspot
Zawiyet el-Aryan, Egypt
Accession Number
11.2766
Medium or Technique
Silver