Beads
2400–1550 B.C.
FindspotKerma, Nubia(Sudan)
Medium/TechniqueFaience, glass and stone
DimensionsOverall: 37 cm (14 9/16 in.)
Diameter and length: 1.3 x 1.5 cm (1/2 x 9/16 in.)
Diameter and length: 1.3 x 1.5 cm (1/2 x 9/16 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number13.4254
On View
Not on viewClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
ProvenanceFrom Nubia (Sudan), Kerma, Meroitic cemetery, KM, grave KM7, K 7/10. Excavated by the Harvard University–Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of Egypt.
100 B.C.–A.D. 300
270 B.C.–A.D. 320
332–50 B.C.
late 1st century B.C.–3rd century A.D.
305–30 B.C.
2040–1640 B.C.
664–332 B.C.
664–332 B.C.
664–332 B.C.