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Beads

FindspotKerma, Nubia (Sudan)
Medium/TechniqueCrystal
DimensionsOverall: 17.5 cm (6 7/8 in.)
Diameter: 0.6 mm
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number20.2011
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
ProvenanceFrom Kerma , Tomb K IV B-46 body BA March 1914.: Excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of Sudan.
Cowroid bead
1550–1070 B.C.
String of beads
2323–2040 B.C.
Heart amulet
1550–1070 B.C.
String of beads
2040–1640 B.C.
Necklace
568–542 B.C.
Blue-glazed quartz beads
about 1700–1550 B.C.
Beads
2400–1550 B.C.
Amulets
2400–1550 B.C.
String of ball beads
1700–1550 B.C.