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Disc beads
Nubian
Findspot: Nubia (Sudan), Semna, S548
Medium/Technique
Faience
Dimensions
Diameter x thickness: 0.4 x 0.2 cm (3/16 x 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number24.2004
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsJewelry, Ancient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Beads
DescriptionFifteen-hundred and twenty blue and white disc beads; restrung on two pieces of string - one string holds the blue beads, one string holds the white. Plus one loose white disc bead.
ProvenanceFrom Semna, S548. 1924: excavated by the Harvard University–Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of Sudan.