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Various beads
Nubian
Kerma
1700–1550 B.C.
Findspot: Nubia (Sudan), Kerma, K 1900X
Medium/Technique
Shell and blue faience
Dimensions
Diameter x length of decorated bead: 0.4 x 1.55 cm (3/16 x 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number14.1129
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsJewelry, Ancient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Beads
Description70 or more ring beads of shell. 2,000 or more ring beads of blue faience. One long decorated cylinder bead of blue faience.
ProvenanceFrom Nubia, Kerma, 1900X. 1914: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of the Sudan.