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Disc bead

FindspotSemna, Nubia (Sudan)
Medium/TechniqueGlazed crystal
DimensionsDia x Thk: 0.7 x 0.3 cm (1/4 x 1/8 in.), Bore 0.2
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number24-3-240c
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
ProvenanceFrom Nubia Semna 523. 1924: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; 1924: assigned to the MFA by the government of the Sudan.
Blue-glazed quartz beads
about 1700–1550 B.C.
Beads
2400–1550 B.C.
String of ball beads
1700–1550 B.C.
Fragment
1700–1550 B.C.
Cowroid bead
1550–1070 B.C.
String of beads
2323–2040 B.C.
Heart amulet
1550–1070 B.C.
String of beads
2040–1640 B.C.