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Beads

FindspotSemna, Nubia (Sudan)
Medium/TechniqueShell, carnelian, glass
DimensionsOverall: 23 cm (9 1/16 in.) length of string
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number27.897
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
ProvenanceFrom Semna: S 558; [Excav. date] Mar. 14, 1924
270 B.C.–A.D. 320
1700–1540 B.C.
String of beads
before 2960 B.C.
Beads
1550–1070 B.C.
2040–1640 B.C.