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Nubian
Early Kerma
2400–2050 B.C.
Findspot: Nubia (Sudan), Kerma, KN 73-x
Medium/Technique
Bone or shell, carnelian
Dimensions
Diameter and length faience beads: 0.4 cm (3/16 in.)
Diameter carnelian beads: 0.5 cm (3/16 in.)
Diameter carnelian beads: 0.5 cm (3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number16-4-1117
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsJewelry, Ancient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Beads
DescriptionThis group of beads consists of eleven single carnelian spacer ring beads and approximately one hundred beads stuck together in original stringing order. Some may be multiple ring beads or single ring beads fused by dirt.
ProvenanceFrom Nubia (Sudan) Kerma, KN 73-x. 1916: Excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of the Sudan.