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Scarab

FindspotKerma, Nubia (Sudan)
Medium/TechniqueMud
DimensionsOverall: 1.7 cm (11/16 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number20.1763
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
ProvenanceFrom Kerma, KII mud. 1914: Excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of Sudan.
Strings of beads
2040–1640 B.C.
String of beads
2040–1640 B.C.
Necklace
Naqada II (Gerzean) 3650–3300 B.C.
Bead
A.D. 134–140
Beads
40 B.C.–A.D. 114
Beads
40 B.C.–A.D. 114
Bead
90 B.C.–A.D. 40
40 B.C.–A.D. 114
2400–1550 B.C.