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Nubian
Meroitic Period
40 B.C.–A.D. 114
Findspot: Nubia, Meroe (Beg.), W 399; Object Place: Nubia, Sudan

Medium/Technique Faience
Dimensions D 0.75 H 1.35
Credit Line Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number23-2-244g
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ClassificationsJewelry / AdornmentBeads

DescriptionThree faience ring beads, one blue and two yellow.



ProvenanceFrom Meroe, Beg. W 399, February, 1923: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of the Sudan.