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Beads
Nubian
Meroitic Period
40 B.C.–A.D. 40
Findspot: Nubia (Sudan), Meroe (Beg. West), Pyr. 140
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number22-2-531i
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsJewelry, Ancient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Beads
DescriptionSeven small glass disc beads, cone gilded and covered with a dark blue glass coat which is now patinated black. Also fragments of three or four others with same description.
ProvenanceFrom Meroe (Beg. West, Room A) Pyr. 140, 1922: Excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of Sudan.