Object Title
Phoenician face bead
Measurements
3 x 1.7 cm (1 3/16 x 11/16 in.)
Creation Date
Late Period
Credit Line
Gift of the Jick family in memory of Millicent Jick
Museum Name
Culture
Country of Origin
Object Type
Object URL
http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/phoenician-face-bead-577245
Provenance Information
1973, sold by Dobkin (possibly Eliahu Dobkin, b. 1898 – d. 1976), Jerusalem to Millicent Jick (b. 1928 – d. 2010), Lexington and Chestnut Hill, MA; 2014, gift of the estate of Millicent Jick to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 24, 2014)
Exhibition Information
None known.
Publication Information
None known.
Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970
Cumulative facts and circumstances
Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above
The acquisition of this object in Israel pre-dates Israel's Antiquities Law of 1978 as well as Egypt's Law No. 117 of 1983. No legislation is known that would have prevented its export at that time.