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Beads

FindspotSemna, Nubia (Sudan)
Medium/TechniqueIvory or shell
DimensionsDiameter x thickness: 0.6 x 0.2 cm (1/4 x 1/16 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number24-3-790f
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
ProvenanceFrom Nubia, Semna, S588. 1924: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of the Sudan.
Beads
2040–1640 B.C.
Beads
2040-1640 B.C.
2400–1550 B.C.
Turtle palette
Naqada I–III, 3850–2960 B.C.
2960–2770 B.C.