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Beads
Nubian
Meroitic Period
Object Place: Meroe, Beg., W27
Medium/Technique
Glass
Dimensions
1.0 cm (3/8 in.), diameter 1.2cm
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number22-2-446
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsJewelry, Ancient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Beads
Description28 ball beads appear to have yellow core with an overlay of blue glass
ProvenanceFrom Meroe, Beg. W27, February, 1922: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition. Assigned to the MFA by the government of the Sudan.