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Beads
Nubian
Classic Kerma
1700–1550 B.C.
Findspot: Nubia (Sudan), Kerma, K III hall A
Medium/Technique
Faience, glass, shell
Dimensions
See description
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number13.5744
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CollectionsJewelry, Ancient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Beads
DescriptionThere is one clear glass ball bead (1.0 cm in diameter), one brown glass double ball bead with fine striations (1.2 cm in diameter and 1.9 cm in length), two faience ball beads, two blue and one white faience cylinder beads (2.0 cm in length and 0.4 cm in diameter), three faience rectangular beads incised with horizontal and vertical lines (2.2 cm in length and 0.9 in width), eleven faience disk beads (0.7 in diameter), one shell disk bead, four faience ring beads and one barrel bead.
ProvenanceFrom Nubia (Sudan) Kerma, K III hall A. 1913: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of the Sudan.