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Beads
Nubian
Napatan Period, reign of Taharqa
Findspot: Nubia (Sudan), el-Kurru, Pyramid I, debris in "SW"
Medium/Technique
Faience, shell
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number18-4-511a-d
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsJewelry, Ancient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Beads
Descriptiona) Hollow, pear-shaped, faience bead
b) 2 faience ball beads
c) 27 faience ring beads
d) Shell ring bead
b) 2 faience ball beads
c) 27 faience ring beads
d) Shell ring bead
ProvenanceFrom Nuri, pyramid 1 (tomb of Taharqa), debris in "SW". 1918: excavated by the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Sudan.