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Beads
Nubian
Napatan Period, reign of unknown ruler
404–353 B.C. (?)
Findspot: Nubia (Sudan), Meroe, Beg. S. Mastaba LXV
Medium/Technique
Faience
Dimensions
cylinder beads: L1.4-2.0 cm, diameter 0.4 cm
disc beads: diameter 0.4 cm
ball beads: diameter 0.4 cm
disc beads: diameter 0.4 cm
ball beads: diameter 0.4 cm
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number21.12001
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsJewelry, Ancient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Beads
DescriptionCylinder beads: more than 110 fragments blue cylinder beads; more than sixty-eight fragments black cylinder beads; more than forty-two fragments red exterior, body paste white and pink; one yellow cylinder bead. Disc beads: 229 yellow discs, fifty black discs, fifty-three brown (pinkish) discs, sixty-two blue discs, sixty-seven white discs. Ball beads: thirty-nine ball beads, roughly made, blue and white.
ProvenanceFrom Beg. South, Mastaba LXV. 1921: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of Sudan.