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Amulets

2400–1550 B.C.
FindspotKerma, Nubia (Sudan)
Medium/TechniqueQuartz crystal
DimensionsLegacy dimension: Length: .020 + .023
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number20.1737a-b
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
ProvenanceFrom Nubia (Sudan) Kerma, K X B. March 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 the Sudan.
Blue-glazed quartz beads
about 1700–1550 B.C.
Beads
2400–1550 B.C.
String of ball beads
1700–1550 B.C.
Pendant
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Beads
690–664 B.C.
Beads
690–664 B.C.
Cylindrical beaker
2490–2472 B.C.