Various beads
about 1700–1550 B.C.
Object Place for LabelKerma, Nubia (Sudan)
FindspotKerma, Nubia (Sudan)
Medium/TechniqueBlue faience, carnelian, blue glazed quartz
DimensionsLength x width x thickness of decorated bead: 3.7 x 1.7 x 0.4 cm (1 7/16 x 11/16 x 3/16 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number14.1326
On View
Not on viewClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
ProvenanceFrom Nubia, Kerma, 1600 C(5). 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.
about 1700–1550 B.C.
1700–1550 B.C.
about 1700–1550 B.C.
4200–3250 B.
1991–1783 B.C.
2960–2649 B.C.
2323–2040 B.C.
Naqada I–III 3850–2960 B.C.
100 B.C.–A.D. 300
