Beads
1700–1550 B.C.
FindspotKerma, Nubia (Sudan)
Medium/TechniqueFaience, crystalline stone
DimensionsLength: 3.5 cm (1 3/8 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number14.1149
On View
Not on viewClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
ProvenanceFrom Nubia (Sudan), Kerma, K XVI grave 1600-A. 1914: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of the Sudan.
middle or latter part of the 3rd century A.D.
1349–1336 B.C.
1349–1336 B.C.
1349–1336 B.C.
2400–1550 B.C.
about 480 B.C.
about 465 B.C. or later
about 5th–early 4th century B.C.
about 350–300 B.C. (?)
about 330–300 B.C.
4th century B.C.