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Beads, amulets
Nubian
Meroitic Period
Object Place: Sudan, Nubia; Findspot: Nubia, Meroe, W 156
Medium/Technique
Carnelian
Dimensions
D 0.3
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number22-2-552f
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsJewelry, Ancient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Amulets
DescriptionOne ball bead, bored from both ends with tapered hole. Two boring grooves, one each end
ProvenanceFrom Meroe, W 156. February, 1922: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of the Sudan.