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Object Number
15-12-50/B1423
Display Title
Miscellaneous beads
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Ceramic beads, faience, shell, carnelian beads, discoidal and round
Classification
- Bead
Department
Archaeological
Culture
- Middle Kingdom
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Sudan
/
Dongola
/
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/
<City>
/
Kerma
Intrasite
KX, Grave K 1001
Materials
Faience, Ceramic, Shell, Carnelian
Dimensions
Overall: 0.4 x 0.6 cm (3/16 x 1/4 in.)
Quantity
28
Provenance
Collector
George A. Reisner
(1913)
Expedition
Harvard University- Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
(1913)
Lender
Boston Museum of Fine Arts
(1915)
Donor
Donated by
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
(1929)
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