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Barrel beads
Nubian
Napatan Period
about 643–593 B.C.
Findspot: Nubia (Sudan), Nuri, Pyramid XXII, in front of door-block
Medium/Technique
Faience
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number17-4-8
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsJewelry, Ancient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Beads
DescriptionForty-seven barrel beads.
ProvenanceFrom Nuri, pyramid XXII (Amanimalel), in front of door-block. 1917: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of the Sudan.