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Barrel bead
Barrel bead

Barrel bead

743–712 B.C.
Findspotel-Kurru, Nubia (Sudan)
Object Place for Labelel-Kurru, Nubia (Sudan)
Medium/TechniqueQuartzite
DimensionsLength: 0.6 cm (1/4 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number19.2424
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
ProvenanceFrom el-Kurru, Ku 22. 1919: excavated by the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Sudan.

(Accession date: January 7, 2005)
Bracelet
about 1700–1550 B.C.
Beads
2040–1640 B.C.
String of beads
about 1700–1550 B.C.
Beads
270 B.C.–A.D. 320
Beaded belt
270 B.C.–A.D. 320
Thumb ring
90 B.C.–A.D. 40
Beads
270 B.C.–A.D. 320
Barrel bead
743–712 B.C.