Bracelet
- Nubian, Meroitic Period, 1st century B.C.
- Nubia, Sudan
- Dimensions
- Length: 14.3 cm (5 5/8 in.)
- Medium or Technique
- Gold and carnelian
- Classification
- Jewelry / Adornment
- Accession Number
- 23.377
- Not on view
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Braided gold wire bracelet. Between the two strands, a gold rosette in the center with a gold lotus flower on each side and gold ornaments alternating with carnelian beads. On each end a lotus flower terminating in a loop fastener.
From Meroe, Pyramid W V, No. 1. January, 1923: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; 1923: assigned to the MFA by the government of the Sudan.
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
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