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String of beads
Nubian
Kerma
2400–1550 B.C.
Findspot: Nubia (Sudan), Kerma, K X B-20
Medium/Technique
Faience, agate
Dimensions
Overall: 25 cm (9 13/16 in.)
Large ball bead: 1 cm (3/8 in.)
Small ball bead: 0.3 cm (1/8 in.)
Large ball bead: 1 cm (3/8 in.)
Small ball bead: 0.3 cm (1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number20.1759
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsJewelry, Ancient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Beads
DescriptionThis string consists of sixty-eight agate ball beads, fifteen blue faience ring beads, one faience barrel bead, and seven faience ball beads, strung.
ProvenanceFrom Nubia (Sudan) Kerma, K X B-20. February, 1914: Excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; 1920: assigned to the MFA by the government of the Sudan.