Ring beads and mud fragments
1700–1550 B.C.
FindspotKerma, Nubia (Sudan)
Medium/TechniqueFaience, original fiber string, mud ?, gold
DimensionsDiameter faience bead: 0.2 cm (1/16 in.)
Diameter gold bead: 0.4 cm (3/16 in.)
Diameter gold bead: 0.4 cm (3/16 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number14.1527
On View
Not on viewClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
ProvenanceFrom Nubia (Sudan) Kerma, K X B-141. 1914: Excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of the Sudan.
2040–1640 B.C.
2040–1640 B.C.
2040–1640 B.C.
2050–1700 B.C.
2140–1783 B.C.
2040–1991 B.C.
2040–1640 B.C.
2040–1640 B.C.
2040–1640 B.C.
2040–1783 B.C.
2040–1783 B.C.