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Necklace

1700–1550 B.C.
FindspotKerma, Nubia(Sudan)
Medium/TechniqueAmethyst, carnelian, faience, glass.
DimensionsNecklace length: 33cm (13in.)
Amethyst ball beads width: 0.9 cm-0.5 cm (3/8 in.)
Carnelain ball beads width: 0.4 cm (3/16 in.)
Glass ball beads width: 0.5 cm (3/16 in.)
Melon beads: 0.8 cm-0.6 cm (5/16 in.)
Ape amulet: 0.8 cm (5/16 in.)
Drop pendant: 1 cm (3/8 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number13.4115
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
ProvenanceFrom Nubia (Sudan), Kerma: tomb K 1061 (subsidiary of tomb KX).1913: excavated by the Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA in the divsion of finds by the government of the Sudan.
(Accession date: December 4, 1913)