Ring beads
about 1700–1550 B.C.
FindspotKerma, Nubia (Sudan)
Object Place for LabelKerma, Nubia (Sudan)
Medium/TechniqueShell and blue faience
DimensionsDiameter of shell bead: 0.4 cm (3/16 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number14.1429
On View
Not on viewClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
ProvenanceFrom Nubia, Kerma, 1600C/2. 1914: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of the Sudan.
about 1700–1550 B.C.
2400–1550 B.C.
2400–1550 B.C.
2400–1550 B.C.
about 1700–1550 B.C.
2400–1550 B.C.
about 1700–1550 B.C.
2400–1550 B.C.
about 1700–1550 B.C.
2400–1550 B.C.
2400–1550 B.C.
1700–1550 B.C.