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Beads

1700–1550 B.C.
FindspotKerma, Nubia (Sudan)
Medium/TechniqueFaience, quartz, shell
DimensionsSee description
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number14.1168
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
ProvenanceFrom Nubia (Sudan), Kerma, K XVI grave 1600(C4). 1914: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of the Sudan.
Various beads
about 1700–1550 B.C.
270 B.C.–A.D. 320
String of beads
100 B.C.–A.D. 300
Beads
750–250 B.C.
String of beads
1991–1783 B.C.
Group shot: 11.2555 and 11.2564
2960–2649 B.C.
String of beads
2323–2040 B.C.
Beads
Naqada I–III 3850–2960 B.C.
Beads
26–20 B.C.