Eye beads
Findspotel-Kurru, Nubia (Sudan)
Medium/TechniqueFaience; blue/green glaze
DimensionsDiameter: 1–2 cm (3/8 – 13/16 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number19.2692
On View
Not on viewClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
ProvenanceFrom el-Kurru, Ku. 53 (tomb of Queen Tabiry). 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.
750–250 B.C.
750–250 B.C.
750 B.C.–A.D. 339
750–250 B.C.
2960–2649 B.C.
883–612 B.C.
883–612 B.C.
883–612 B.C.
750–250 B.C.
750–250 B.C.
750–250 B.C.