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.
270 B.C.–A.D. 320