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String of ball beads
String of ball beads

String of ball beads

1700–1550 B.C.
FindspotKerma, Nubia (Sudan)
Medium/TechniqueGlazed quartz crystal
DimensionsLength of string: 64 cm (25 3/16 in.)
Diameter of beads: approx. 0.7 cm (1/4 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number20.1743
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
ProvenanceFrom Nubia (Sudan) Kerma: South Cemetery K 334 debris. 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.
(Accession Date: March 1, 1920)
Blue-glazed quartz beads
about 1700–1550 B.C.
Beads
2400–1550 B.C.
Amulets
2400–1550 B.C.
Pendant
743–653 B.C.
Beads
690–664 B.C.
Beads
690–664 B.C.
Cylindrical beaker
2490–2472 B.C.
Group shot: 11.388, 11.461, 11.770, 11.514, 11.604, 11.620, 21.2617, 21.3093, 21.2609
2551–2528 B.C.