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Cylinder beads
Nubian
Kerma
2400–1550 B.C.
Findspot: Nubia (Sudan), Kerma, 453/4
Medium/Technique
Blue faience
Dimensions
height x width x thickness of decorated bead: 1.4 x 0.5 x 0.4 cm (9/16 x 3/16 x 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number14.1606
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsJewelry, Ancient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Beads
DescriptionThree long cylinder beads - fragmentary. One long decorated bead (fragment of tauris?). All greatly weathered.
ProvenanceFrom Nubia, Kerma, 453/4. 1914: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of the Sudan.