Ring beads
2400–2050 B.C.
FindspotKerma, Nubia (Sudan)
Medium/TechniqueIvory, carnelian, faience, leather
DimensionsDiameter smallest: 0.4 cm (3/16 in.)
Diameter largest: 0.6 cm (1/4 in.)
Diameter largest: 0.6 cm (1/4 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number16-4-1113
On View
Not on viewClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
ProvenanceFrom Nubia (Sudan) Kerma, KN 71 no.2. 1916: Excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of the Sudan.
2400–1550 B.C.
2400–2050 B.C.
1550–1070 B.C.
2323–2040 B.C.
2323–2150 B.C.
Naqada I–III, 3850–2960 B.C.
2400–1550 B.C.
4200–3250 B.C.
1991–1783 B.C.