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Beads

FindspotSemna, Nubia (Sudan)
Medium/TechniqueCarnelian, quartz crystal, obsidian
DimensionsOverall: 26 cm (10 1/4 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number27.913
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
ProvenanceFrom Semna: S 548. Mar. 2, 1924:Excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of Sudan.
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.
Pendant
743–653 B.C.
Beads
690–664 B.C.
Beads
690–664 B.C.
String of beads
270 B.C.–A.D. 320
Necklace
270 B.C.–A.D. 320
String of beads
100 B.C.–A.D. 300