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Ball beads
Nubian
Meroitic Period
40 B.C.–A.D. 40
Findspot: Nubia (Sudan), Meroe (Beg. West), Pyr. 140
Medium/Technique
Glass
Dimensions
D=.65-.7 TK 0.3
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number22-2-531b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsJewelry, Ancient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Beads
DescriptionThree dark blue with some dull black patina with fragments of 5–10 others same.
ProvenanceFrom Meroe (Beg. West, Room A) Pyr. 140, 1922: Excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of Sudan.