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2400–1550 B.C.
FindspotKerma, Nubia (Sudan)
Medium/TechniqueFaience, red stone, white stone, porphyry, fruit
DimensionsDiameter smallest stone ring bead: 0.7 cm (1/4 in.)
Diameter largest stone ring bead: 1 cm (3/8 in.)
Cylinder bead length: 0.8 cm (5/16 in.)
Diameter tiny ring beads: 0.2 cm (1/16 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number14.1416
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
ProvenanceFrom Nubia (Sudan) Kerma, K X grave 1078 no.3. 1914: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of the Sudan.