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Beads
Nubian
Findspot: Nubia (Sudan), Begarawiyeh (Meroe), W. 156
Medium/Technique
Faience
Dimensions
Overall: 0.6 cm (1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number22-2-552i
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CollectionsJewelry, Ancient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Beads
Description2 faience ball beads, glazed in blue-green. Each has 3 slightly raised nubs of a darker color spread equidistant to circumfrence.
Provenance1922: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of Sudan.From Meroe, W. 156 in theives' debris on floor