String of beads
2400–1550 B.C.
FindspotKerma, Nubia (Sudan)
Medium/TechniqueFaience, agate
DimensionsOverall: 25 cm (9 13/16 in.)
Large ball bead: 1 cm (3/8 in.)
Small ball bead: 0.3 cm (1/8 in.)
Large ball bead: 1 cm (3/8 in.)
Small ball bead: 0.3 cm (1/8 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number20.1759
On View
Not on viewClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
ProvenanceFrom Nubia (Sudan) Kerma, K X B-20. February, 1914: Excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; 1920: assigned to the MFA by the government of the Sudan.late 1st century B.C.–3rd century A.D.
332 B.C.–337 A.D.
2400–1550 B.C.
2040–1640 B.C.
A.D. 364–476