Object owner details: MFA accession number: 37.1313

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

Faience

Expedition Measurements: Width: 4.7 cm; 4.6 cm Length: 6 cm; 6.2 cm Thickness: .6 cm

Description: Necklace elements: a) two large faience semi-circular end pieces (terminals) with six and seven holes on flat and curved ends. 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. 37b. 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 37.1313: reconstructed broadcollar including 36-6-55a (terminals), 36-6-55f (pendants), 36-6-55g (cylinder beads), 36-6-55h (ring beads), and 35-1-27 (ring beads from G 1102 F), 36-7-35 ([b] ring beads from G 2416 D III)