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Nubian
Classic Kerma
1700–1550 B.C.
Findspot: Nubia (Sudan), Kerma, Cemetery S, K III, K 326
Medium/Technique
Faience, original fiber string
Dimensions
See description
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number14.1384
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsJewelry, Ancient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Beads
DescriptionThis group of beads consists of one string (90 cm long) of approximately five hundred blue faience disc beads (0.7 cm diameter); one string (110 cm long) of one hundred and eleven complete and fragmentary green cylinder beads (1.7. cm long); and one string (45 cm long) of twenty-four blue barrel and cylinder beads (1.9 cm long). There is also one 4 x 4 inch bag half full of tiny blue faience ring beads (0.2 and 0.3 cm diameter); fragments of disc and cylinder beads; and a few beads on thread fragments.
ProvenanceFrom Nubia (Sudan) Kerma, K III grave 326. 1914: Excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of the Sudan.