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Beads
Nubian
Meroitic Period
270 B.C.–A.D. 320
Findspot: Nubia (Sudan), Kerma, Meroitic Cemetery, Tomb K 7/10
Medium/Technique
Stone, glass, carnelian
Dimensions
Overall: 96 cm (37 13/16 in.)
Diameter and length of cylinder bead: 0.4 x 1.4 cm (3/16 x 9/16 in.)
Diameter and length of double flattened ball bead: 1 x 1 cm (3/8 x 3/8 in.)
Diameter and length of stone bead: 0.4 x 1.1 cm (3/16 x 7/16 in.)
Diameter and length of cylinder bead: 0.4 x 1.4 cm (3/16 x 9/16 in.)
Diameter and length of double flattened ball bead: 1 x 1 cm (3/8 x 3/8 in.)
Diameter and length of stone bead: 0.4 x 1.1 cm (3/16 x 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number13.4237
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsJewelry, Ancient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Necklaces and neck bands
DescriptionThis consists of stone and glass beads of various shapes and colors including barrel, cylindrical, biconical disc and flattened ball beads; seven carnelian balls; two bead fragment pieces.
ProvenanceFrom Kerma, Meroitic cemetery, grave K 7 / 10, 1913.: Excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of Sudan.