This is a string of ninety-two cylinder beads of various lengths with glaze preserved on some and eight ring beads of buff, blue, green, and black glaze. One barrel bead was not found.
Provenance
From Egypt, Giza, Pit G 7757 A, (tomb of Kheperre) Room IV debris. 1929: excavated by the Harvard University–Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Egypt.
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Egyptian, Late Period, Dynasty 26, reign of Amasis, 570–526 B.C.
Findspot
Giza, Egypt
Dimensions
Overall length of string: 84 cm (33 1/16 in.) Diameter and length of ring beads: 0.2 x 0.4 cm (1/16 x 3/16 in.) Diameter and length of average cylinder bead: 0.3 x 1 cm (1/8 x 3/8 in.)
Accession Number
29.2629
Medium or Technique
Faience