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Ball beads
Nubian
Napatan Period, reign of Harsiyotef
404–396 B.C.
Findspot: Nubia (Sudan), Nuri, Pyramid XLIV, by door-block
Medium/Technique
Carnelian
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number17-4-53
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsJewelry, Ancient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Beads
DescriptionTwo carnelian beads: one red, one white.
ProvenanceFrom Nuri, pyramid XLIV (Batahaliye), by door-block. 1917: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of the Sudan.