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Beads
Nubian
Classic Kerma
1700–1550 B.C.
Findspot: Nubia (Sudan), Kerma, K XVI, grave K1600(C4)
Medium/Technique
Faience, quartz, shell
Dimensions
See description
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number14.1168
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsJewelry, Ancient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Beads
DescriptionThere are six strings with a total of 150 amulet beads (1.7 cm in length). There are also three other strings: One string of seventeen short cylinder beads (0.4 cm in length), one small ball bead, two cylinder beads and one cylinder bead, one string of 185 small shell ring beads (0.4 cm in diameter), one decorated cylinder bead, two glass ball beads and a third string of fifteen ring beads, three cylinder beads and one amulet. Also present are many loose beads and amulets of which some are broken.
ProvenanceFrom Nubia (Sudan), Kerma, K XVI grave 1600(C4). 1914: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of the Sudan.