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Beads
Nubian
Classic Kerma
1700–1550 B.C.
Findspot: Nubia (Sudan), Kerma, K III, hall A
Medium/Technique
Faience, shell, quartzite
Dimensions
See description
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number13.5729
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CollectionsJewelry, Ancient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Beads
DescriptionThere is one quartzite ball bead (1.1 cm diameter), one long faience cylinder bead (2.2 cm in length and 0.4 cm in diameter), fourteen short faience cylinder beads of various sizes, twelve faience ball beads (0.7 cm in diameter), one fragment of a faience ball bead, six faience ring beads (0.2 cm in diameter), four shell disk beads (0.8 in diameter), nine faience disk beads (0.8 cm in diameter) and two fragments of faience disk beads.
ProvenanceFrom Nubia (Sudan) Kerma, K III hall A. 1913: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of the Sudan.