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Fragments of jewelry
Nubian
Meroitic Period, reign of Amanikhatashan
A.D. 62–85
Findspot: Nubia (Sudan), Meroe, Beg. North, Pyramid XVIII, chamber A
Medium/Technique
Gilded silver, gold
Dimensions
a- 1.6 x 1.3 b-1.1
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number21.17065
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsJewelry, Ancient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Beads
Descriptiona- 3 gilded silver like 21-3-608d, lotus flower b- fragment of crushed and twisted tubular bead
ProvenanceFrom Meroe, Beg. North, Pyramid XVIII. 1921: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of Sudan.