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String of beads
String of beads

String of beads

100 B.C.–A.D. 300
FindspotKaranog, Nubia (Egypt)
Medium/TechniqueCarnelian, milky quartz, mottled stone, faience, glass and gilded glass.
DimensionsLegacy dimension: L: 24 cm
Credit LineMFA-University of Pennsylvania Exchange
Accession number1991.1130
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
ProvenanceFrom Karanog, tomb G 45. 1908: excavated by the E.B. Coxe Expedition of the University of Pennsylvania; assigned to the University of Pennsylvania in the division of finds by the Sudanese government; 1908-1991: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology; 1991: received by the MFA through exchange with the University of Pennsylvania Museum.

(Accession date: March 25, 1992)
Head end from an anthropoid coffin
1991–1783 B.C., or later
Palette
3100–3000 B.C.
String of beads
270 B.C.–A.D. 320
String of beads
270 B.C.–A.D. 320
Scarab
664–332 B.C.
String of beads
305–30 B.C.
Bead
664–332 B.C.