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Nubian
Kerma
2400–1550 B.C.
Findspot: Nubia(Sudan), Kerma, Meroitic Cemetery, K 7/10
Medium/Technique
Faience, glass and stone
Dimensions
Overall: 37 cm (14 9/16 in.)
Diameter and length: 1.3 x 1.5 cm (1/2 x 9/16 in.)
Diameter and length: 1.3 x 1.5 cm (1/2 x 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number13.4254
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsJewelry, Ancient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Beads
DescriptionThis string of beads consists of various shapes and colors beads with a stone pendant.
There are one triple barrel bead, two triple with one melon bead, two ring beads and one is broken, two ring beads one fancy ball bead, three stone five-faceted, one glass ball bead, two faience barrel beads, three cornelian ball beads, one faience melon bead, one double ball, three flattened ball beads, one large tear drop stone pendant, five faience cylinder beads, six faceted cylinder beads hexagonal, two triple quadrafoil beads, one triple bead, and one triple flattened ball beads.
There are one triple barrel bead, two triple with one melon bead, two ring beads and one is broken, two ring beads one fancy ball bead, three stone five-faceted, one glass ball bead, two faience barrel beads, three cornelian ball beads, one faience melon bead, one double ball, three flattened ball beads, one large tear drop stone pendant, five faience cylinder beads, six faceted cylinder beads hexagonal, two triple quadrafoil beads, one triple bead, and one triple flattened ball beads.
ProvenanceFrom Nubia (Sudan), Kerma, Meroitic cemetery, KM, grave KM7, K 7/10. Excavated by the Harvard University–Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of Egypt.