Ring beads
2400–2050 B.C.
FindspotKerma, Nubia (Sudan)
Medium/TechniqueResin or mud ?, faience
DimensionsDiameter rough beads: 0.6 cm (1/4 in.)
Diameter faience beads: 0.2 cm (1/16 in.)
Diameter faience beads: 0.2 cm (1/16 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number16-4-1397
On View
Not on viewClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
ProvenanceFrom Nubia (Sudan) Kerma, KN 139-x. 1916: Excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of the Sudan.
1700–1550 B.C.
1700–1550 B.C.
1700–1550 B.C.
2400–1550 B.C.
2040–1640 B.C.
2040–1640 B.C.
2040–1640 B.C.
2040–1783 B.C.
2040–1783 B.C.
2040–1640 B.C.
2040–1640 B.C.
Naqada II (Gerzean) 3650–3300 B.C.