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Bead, quartz, fragments
Object Number 15-12-50/B1295
Display Title Bead, quartz, fragments
Descriptions
Object Description Bead, quartz, fragments
Inventory Description Ground stone bead fragments, round
Classification
  • Round Bead
  • Raw Material
Department Archaeological
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Sudan / Dongola / <County> / <City> / Kerma
Intrasite Lower Deffoufa, KI
Materials Quartz
Dimensions Overall (Measurement of largest fragment): 1.4 x 1.3 x 0.8 cm (9/16 x 1/2 x 5/16 in.)
Quantity 4
Label on object B / 1295
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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