Beads
about 1700–1550 B.C.
FindspotKerma, Nubia (Sudan)
Medium/TechniqueGlazed quartz, stone, faience
DimensionsDiameter ball bead: 1.6 cm (5/8 in.)
Diameter stone bead: 0.6 cm (1/4 in.)
Diameter ring bead: 0.2 cm (1/16 in.)
Diameter stone bead: 0.6 cm (1/4 in.)
Diameter ring bead: 0.2 cm (1/16 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number14.1530
On View
Not on viewClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
ProvenanceFrom Nubia (Sudan) Kerma, K X B-147, neck of body QB. 1914: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of the Sudan.
about 1700–1550 B.C.
100 B.C.–A.D. 300
1700–1550 B.C.
about 1700–1550 B.C.
about 1700–1550 B.C.
743–653 B.C.
4200–3250 B.
about 1700–1550 B.C.
1700–1550 B.C.
1700–1550 B.C.
about 1700–1550 B.C.