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Nubian
Kerma
Object Place: Sudan (Nubia), Kerma, K 14 / 1-2
Medium/Technique
Shell, faience
Dimensions
Overall: 14 cm (5 1/2 in.)
Diameter of ball bead: 0.7 cm (1/4 in.)
Diameter of ring bead: 0.6 cm (1/4 in.)
Diameter and length of cylinder bead: 0.4 x 0.7 cm (3/16 x 1/4 in.)
Diameter of ball bead: 0.7 cm (1/4 in.)
Diameter of ring bead: 0.6 cm (1/4 in.)
Diameter and length of cylinder bead: 0.4 x 0.7 cm (3/16 x 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number13.4244
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsJewelry, Ancient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Beads
DescriptionThis string consists of thirty-six ring beads, one brown ball bead and two cylinder beads.
ProvenanceFrom Nubia (Sudan), Kerma, Meroitic cemetery, KM, KM 14. K 14 / 1-2 Excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; 1913: assigned to the MFA by the government of Sudan.