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.
698–690 B.C.
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.