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Beads
Nubian
Meroitic Period, reign of Tarekeniwal
A.D. 155–170
Findspot: Nubia (Sudan), Meroe, Beg. North, Pyramid XIX, chamber A
Medium/Technique
Faience
Dimensions
a- 0.8 to 0.9 Dia 0.3 to 0.4; b- Dia 0.2; c-Thk 0.1 Dia 0.; d-
0.1 Dia 0.1
0.1 Dia 0.1
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number21-3-268a-d
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsJewelry, Ancient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Beads
Descriptiona- cylinders, faded blue b- 1 cylinder, white fragment only c- 1 red ring d- faded ring
ProvenanceFrom Meroe, Beg. North, Pyramid XIX. 1921: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of Sudan.