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Beads
Nubian
Meroitic Period
40 B.C.–A.D. 40
Findspot: Nubia, Meroe, W 159; Object Place: Nubia, Sudan
Medium/Technique
Glass
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number22-12-8c
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CollectionsJewelry, Ancient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Beads
DescriptionFragments amber and blue glass and of varicolored beads
ProvenanceFrom Meroe, W 159. February, 1922: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of the Sudan.