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 viewClassificationsJewelry / 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)
1991–1783 B.C., or later
3100–3000 B.C.
570–526 B.C.
270 B.C.–A.D. 320
270 B.C.–A.D. 320
1550–1295 B.C.
664–332 B.C.
305–30 B.C.
664–332 B.C.