Ring beads
2400–1550 B.C.
FindspotKerma, Nubia (Sudan)
Object Place for LabelKerma, Nubia (Sudan)
Medium/TechniqueBlue faience and hair
DimensionsDiameter of ring beads: 0.2 cm (1/16 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number14.1241
On View
Not on viewClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
ProvenanceFrom Nubia, Kerma, 1623/19. 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.
284 B.C.–A.D. 275
about 1700–1550 B.C.
about 1700–1550 B.C.
1920s
Mid-19th Century
Naqada II (Gerzean) 3650–3300 B.C.
about 1700–1550 B.C.