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String of ball beads
Nubian
Classic Kerma
1700–1550 B.C.
Findspot: Nubia (Sudan), Kerma, K X grave 1046 no.1
Medium/Technique
Glazed quartz
Dimensions
Diameter and length: 0.6 x 35.7 cm (1/4 x 14 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number13.3971
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsJewelry, Ancient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Beads
DescriptionThis is a string of approximately seventy-one green-blue glazed quartz crystal ball beads.
ProvenanceFrom Nubia (Sudan) Kerma, K X grave 1046 no.1. 1913: Excavated by the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Sudan.
(Accession Date: December 4, 1913)
(Accession Date: December 4, 1913)