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Beaded belt
Egyptian
Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 11
2140–1991 B.C.
Findspot: Egypt, Naga el-Deir, Tomb N 453 B
Medium/Technique
Faience, carnelian, shell
Dimensions
Overall: 86 cm (33 7/8 in.)
Amulets: 0.7 cm (1/4 in.)
Fancy cylinder: 1.1 cm (7/16 in.)
Carnemian ball: 0.6 cm (1/4 in.)
Carnelian: 0.5 cm (3/16 in.
Carnelian: 0.4 x 0.3 cm (3/16 x 1/8 in.)
Shell disc: 0.2 x 0.1 cm (1/16 x 1/16 in.)
Amulets: 0.7 cm (1/4 in.)
Fancy cylinder: 1.1 cm (7/16 in.)
Carnemian ball: 0.6 cm (1/4 in.)
Carnelian: 0.5 cm (3/16 in.
Carnelian: 0.4 x 0.3 cm (3/16 x 1/8 in.)
Shell disc: 0.2 x 0.1 cm (1/16 x 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number21.983
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsJewelry, Ancient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Beads
DescriptionThis girdle consists of five green faience amulets, one fancy cylinder bead, twenty-nine carnelian ball barrel and ring beads, about 585 shell disc beads, strung on six strands of linen thread. Original order not recovered. From waist of body. (See group 21.970- 21.985).
ProvenanceFrom Egypt, Naga el-Deir N 453 b. 1904: excavated by George Reisner for the Hearst Expedition of the University of California (which became the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition in 1905).
(Accession Date: January 1, 1921)
(Accession Date: January 1, 1921)