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Ring beads
Nubian
Classic Kerma
about 1700–1550 B.C.
Findspot: Nubia (Sudan), Kerma, K1082X
Medium/Technique
Blue faience
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number14.1447
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsJewelry, Ancient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Beads
DescriptionMedium container of small ring beads, many on original stringing.
ProvenanceFrom Nubia, Kerma, 1082X. 1914: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of the Sudan.