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Beads
Nubian
Middle Kerma
2050–1700 B.C.
Findspot: Nubia (Sudan), Kerma, KB 112 debris
Medium/Technique
Shell, faience
Dimensions
See description
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number15-3-352f
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CollectionsJewelry, Ancient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Beads
DescriptionThis group of beads contains eight shell disc beads (diameter 0.6 cm), thirty-six small black faience ring beads (diameter 0.3 cm), about fifty-eight beige shell ring beads (diameter 0.2. cm), about 62 tiny blue faience ring beads (diameter 0.2. cm), and various tiny fragments.
ProvenanceFrom Nubia (Sudan) Kerma, KB 112 debris. 1915: Excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of the Sudan.