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Various beads
Various beads

Various beads

about 1700–1550 B.C.
FindspotKerma, Nubia (Sudan)
Object Place for LabelKerma, Nubia (Sudan)
Medium/TechniqueBlue glazed quartz, shell and blue faience
DimensionsDiameter: 2.0 cm (13/16 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number14.1578
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
ProvenanceFrom Nubia, Kerma, Tumulus XB/X 1914: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of the Sudan.
Various beads
about 1700–1550 B.C.
Bead
1700–1550 B.C.
Fragment of vessel
about 1700–1550 B.C.
Ring beads
about 1700–1550 B.C.
Ring and cylinder beads
2400–1550 B.C.
Ring beads
2400–1550 B.C.
Ring beads
2400–1550 B.C.
Ring beads
about 1700–1550 B.C.
Various beads
2400–1550 B.C.
Various beads
about 1700–1550 B.C.