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Disc beads

2400–2050 B.C.
FindspotKerma, Nubia (Sudan)
Medium/TechniqueBone or shell, leather, debris
DimensionsDiameter and length: 0.9 x 0.5 cm (3/8 x 3/16 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number16-4-1157
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
ProvenanceFrom Nubia (Sudan) Kerma, KN 83-x. 1916: Excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of the Sudan.
Beads
1700–1550 B.C.
Ring beads
2400–1550 B.C.
Beads
2400–2050 B.C.
Beads
2400–2050 B.C.
Ring beads
1700–1550 B.C.
Beads
1700–1550 B.C.
Beads
2400–2050 B.C.
String of disc beads
2400–2050 B.C.
Linen and plaster
2140–1783 B.C.
Fragments
2400–2050 B.C.