Beads
about 1700–1550 B.C.
FindspotKerma, Nubia, Sudan
Medium/TechniqueFaience, glazed quartz, stone
DimensionsDiameter and length of ball bead string: 2.2 x 10 cm (7/8 x 3 15/16 in.)
Diameter and length of barrel bead string: 1.9 x 45 cm (3/4 x 17 11/16 in.)
Diameter and length of ring beads: 0.6 x 6 cm (1/4 x 2 3/8 in.)
Diameter and length of barrel bead string: 1.9 x 45 cm (3/4 x 17 11/16 in.)
Diameter and length of ring beads: 0.6 x 6 cm (1/4 x 2 3/8 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number14.1373
On View
Not on viewClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
ProvenanceFrom Kerma, tomb K 334 debris. February, 1914: Excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; 1920: assigned to the MFA by the government of the Sudan.
about 1700–1550 B.C.
100 B.C.–A.D. 300
1700–1550 B.C.
about 1700–1550 B.C.
about 1700–1550 B.C.
743–653 B.C.
4200–3250 B.
about 1700–1550 B.C.
1700–1550 B.C.
1700–1550 B.C.
about 1700–1550 B.C.