Blue-glazed quartz beads
about 1700–1550 B.C.
FindspotKerma, Nubia(Sudan)
Medium/TechniqueGlazed clear quartz (rock crystal)
DimensionsLength (string) x diameter: 100 x .6 cm (39 3/8 x 1/4 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number20.1716
On View
Not on viewClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
ProvenanceFrom Kerma, K309,12. December, 1913: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; 1920: assigned to the MFA by the government of the Sudan.
2400–1550 B.C.
1700–1550 B.C.
2400–1550 B.C.
1550–1295 B.C.
743–653 B.C.
690–664 B.C.
690–664 B.C.
2323–2040 B.C.
568–542 B.C.
743–712 B.C.