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Beads

1700–1550 B.C.
FindspotKerma, Nubia (Sudan)
Medium/TechniqueFaience, shell, glazed quartzite
DimensionsSee description
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number13.5743
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
ProvenanceFrom Nubia (Sudan) Kerma, K III street 4. 1913: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of the Sudan.
Beads
1700–1550 B.C.
Beads
2040–1640 B.C.
String of beads
about 1700–1550 B.C.
270 B.C.–A.D. 320
Various beads
about 1700–1550 B.C.
Stone objects
about 1700–1550 B.C.
Falcon's head
about 1700–1550 B.C.
Block fragment
about 1700–1550 B.C.
Half a brick
2400–1550 B.C.