Advanced Search
Beads
Nubian
Meroitic Period, reign of Amanikhabale
50–40 B.C.
Findspot: Nubia (Sudan), Meroe, Beg. N2
Medium/Technique
Faience and glass
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number21.12184
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsJewelry, Ancient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Beads
DescriptionOne barrel bead like 21-2-557; three green glass ball beads; and one gold like 21-2-564.
ProvenanceMeroe BEG N2. Excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of Sudan.