Object owner details: MFA accession number: 37.1312

Findspot: Western Cemetery, Pit G 2422 D, coffin pit

Faience

Expedition Measurements: Height: 4 cm Width: 3.5 cm Thickness: .6 cm

Description: Necklace elements: b) one medium size faience semi-circular counterweight (?) with four slanting holes on flat end, and one hole across center. Illustration: Yes

Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition

Selected Published References:
Brovarski, Edward. "Old Kingdom Beaded Collars." In Jacke Phillips with Lanny Bell, Bruce B. Williams, James Hoch and Ronald J. Leprohon (eds.) Ancient Egypt, the Aegean, and the Near East. Studies in Honour of Martha Rhoads Bell, Volume 1. San Antonio: Van Siclen Books, 1997, p. 156, note 117. Freed, Rita E., Lawrence M. Berman, and Denise M. Doxey. Arts of Ancient Egypt. MFA Highlights. Boston: MFA Publications, 2003, pp. 90-91. Markowitz, Yvonne J., Joyce L. Haynes, and Rita E. Freed. Egypt in the Age of the Pyramids: Highlights from the Harvard University–Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Expedition. Boston: MFA Publications, 2002, p. 97, cat. 37a. Smith, William Stevenson. Ancient Egypt as Represented in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1960 (6th ed.), p. 67.

Remarks: MFA 37.1312: reconstructed counterweight including 36-6-55b (counterweight terminal), 36-6-55d (pendants), 36-7-35 ([a] cylinder beads and [b] ring beads from G 2416 D III)