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Detail: Figure
Bead necklace
Nubian
Meroitic Period
270 B.C.-A.D. 320
Findspot: Sudan (Nubia), Kerma, K37 #6
Medium/Technique
Faience, bone, and glass
Dimensions
Length of necklace: 27 cm (10 5/8 in.)
Diameter of spherical beads: 1.3 cm (1/2 in.)
Diameter of disc beads: 0.8 cm (5/16 in.)
Height of amulet: 2.8 cm (1 1/8 in.)
Diameter of spherical beads: 1.3 cm (1/2 in.)
Diameter of disc beads: 0.8 cm (5/16 in.)
Height of amulet: 2.8 cm (1 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number13.4245
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsJewelry, Ancient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Necklaces and neck bands
DescriptionLarge faience balls with large thin bone discs and a small faience amulet (Horus).
ProvenanceFrom Kerma: K37 #6. 1913: Excavated by the Harvard University - Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Sudan.
(Accession date: December 4, 1913)
(Accession date: December 4, 1913)