Beads
2400–2050 B.C.
FindspotKerma, Nubia (Sudan)
Medium/TechniqueFaience, leather, debris
DimensionsDiameter ring bead: 0.2 cm (1/16 in.)
Diameter and length cylinder bead: 0.6 x 1.3 cm (1/4 x 1/2 in.)
String length: 17 cm (6 11/16 in.)
Diameter and length cylinder bead: 0.6 x 1.3 cm (1/4 x 1/2 in.)
String length: 17 cm (6 11/16 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number16-4-1145
On View
Not on viewClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
ProvenanceFrom Nubia (Sudan) Kerma, KN 82-x. 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.
2400–1550 B.C.
2400–2050 B.C.
1700–1550 B.C.
1700–1550 B.C.
1700–1550 B.C.
2400–2050 B.C.
2400–2050 B.C.
2400–2050 B.C.
2400–1550 B.C.
2140–1783 B.C.
2400–2050 B.C.