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Ring beads

2400–1550 B.C.
FindspotKerma, Nubia (Sudan)
Medium/TechniqueFaience, mud ?
DimensionsDiameter: 0.2 cm (1/16 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number15-2-468b
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
ProvenanceFrom Nubia (Sudan) Kerma, K LIV, grave 5405. 1915: Excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of the Sudan.
Ring beads
2400–2050 B.C.
Beads
2040–1640 B.C.
Beads
2040–1640 B.C.
Bead
2040–1640 B.C.
Strings of beads
2040–1640 B.C.
String of beads
2040–1640 B.C.
Necklace
Naqada II (Gerzean) 3650–3300 B.C.
Bead
A.D. 134–140