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Ring beads
Ring beads

Ring beads

2400–1550 B.C.
FindspotKerma, Nubia (Sudan)
Medium/TechniqueShell, debris
DimensionsDiameter: 0.3 cm (1/8 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number15-3-25
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
ProvenanceFrom Nubia (Sudan) Kerma, K LIV grave 5415. 1915: Excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of the Sudan.
Beads
1700–1550 B.C.
Beads
2400–2050 B.C.
Disc beads
2400–2050 B.C.
Ring beads
1700–1550 B.C.
Beads
1700–1550 B.C.
Beads
2400–2050 B.C.
String of disc beads
2400–2050 B.C.
Beads
2400–2050 B.C.
Linen and plaster
2140–1783 B.C.
Fragments
2400–2050 B.C.