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Beads

about 1700–1550 B.C.
FindspotKerma, Nubia (Sudan)
Medium/TechniqueGold, electrum, leather
DimensionsOverall: 24 (string length) x 0.5 (bead diameter) cm (9 7/16 x 3/16 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number20.1725
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
ProvenanceFrom Kerma, Tomb K1604. 1914: Excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of Sudan.
Fragments of foil strips
about 712–698 B.C.
468–435 B.C.
Beads
2400–1550 B.C.
about 1700–1550 B.C.
Group shot (top to bottom):  12.1247, 12.1248, 12.1249
1980–1630 B.C.
Signet ring
2nd—3rd century A.D.
Signet ring
270 B.C.–A.D. 320
Finger ring
270 B.C.–A.D. 320