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Ring beads and leather fragament
Nubian
Kerma
2400–1550 B.C.
Findspot: Nubia (Sudan), Kerma, KM 18 debris
Medium/Technique
Egg shell, leather or textile, debris
Dimensions
d. 0.4
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number15-2-337
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsJewelry, Ancient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Beads
DescriptionSeveral hundred white ring beads, one piece of leather or fabric, and debris.
ProvenanceFrom Nubia (Sudan) Kerma, KM 18 debris. 1915: Excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of the Sudan.