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Ball beads

Nubian
Napatan Period, reign of Amani–natake–lebte
538–519 B.C.
Findspot: Nubia (Sudan), Nuri, Pyramid 10 (Amani-natake-lebte), debris

Medium/Technique Electrum, agate
Credit Line Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number17-1-47a-b
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsJewelry / AdornmentBeads

Descriptiona) two electrum ball beads
b) one agate ball bead
ProvenanceFrom Nuri, pyramid 10 (Amani-natake-lebte), debris. 1917: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of the Sudan.