String of melon beads
1700–1550 B.C.
FindspotKerma, Nubia (Sudan)
Country of Origin, for CustomsSudan
Medium/TechniqueFaience
DimensionsDiameter and length: 3.8 x 44 cm (1 1/2 x 17 5/16 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number20.1720
On View
Not on viewClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
ProvenanceFrom Nubia (Sudan): Kerma, K 332-x.1914: excavated by the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Sudan.
(Accession date: March 1, 1920)
(Accession date: March 1, 1920)
284 B.C.–A.D. 275
322–315 B.C.
315–170 B.C.
1070–664 B.C.
4200–3250 B.C.
2061–1784 B.C.
1550–1070 B.C.
1550–1070 B.C.
1550–1070 B.C.