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Head with circlet
Nubian
Classic Kerma
about 1700–1550 B.C.
Findspot: Nubia (Sudan), Kerma, Tumulus III, 317: ii
Medium/Technique
Faience, human remains
Dimensions
Overall: 18.7 x 15.9 cm (7 3/8 x 6 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number14-1-595
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsOrganic remains
DescriptionCirclet of many strands of small blue faience ring beads around the skull of body A, which was found displaced. Skull has a quarter-sized hole in the center of forehead. Body A was the chief burial in tomb K317, with no sacrifices, on burial bed (Angareeb).
ProvenanceFrom Kerma, tumulus III, 317 :ii. 1914: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of the Sudan.