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String of disc beads
String of disc beads

String of disc beads

2400–2050 B.C.
FindspotKerma, Nubia (Sudan)
Medium/TechniqueFaience, debris
DimensionsDiameter: 0.5 cm (3/16 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number16-4-1390
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
ProvenanceFrom Nubia (Sudan) Kerma, KN 134-x. 1916: Excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of the Sudan.
Ring beads
1700–1550 B.C.
Beads
1700–1550 B.C.
Beads
1700–1550 B.C.
Beads
2400–2050 B.C.
Beads
2400–2050 B.C.
Beads
2400–2050 B.C.
Ring beads
2400–1550 B.C.
Disc beads
2400–2050 B.C.
Linen and plaster
2140–1783 B.C.
Fragments
2400–2050 B.C.