Beads
2400–1550 B.C.
FindspotKerma, Nubia (Sudan)
Medium/TechniqueFaience, agate
DimensionsDiameter ring bead: 1.6 cm (5/8 in.)
Length x width scarab-shaped bead: 1.5 x 1.1 cm (9/16 x 7/16 in.)
Length x width scarab-shaped bead: 1.5 x 1.1 cm (9/16 x 7/16 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number13.5263
On View
Not on viewClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
ProvenanceFrom Nubia (Sudan) Kerma, K 66. 1913: Excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition : assigned to the MFA by the government of the Sudan.
late 1st century B.C.–3rd century A.D.
332 B.C.–337 A.D.
2400–1550 B.C.
2040–1640 B.C.
A.D. 364–476
