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Beads
Nubian
Napatan Period
463–431 B.C.
Findspot: Nubia (Sudan), Meroe, Beg. S. ?
Medium/Technique
Faience
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number21-2-571a-c
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsJewelry, Ancient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Beads
DescriptionCylinders: more than forty-two fragments with red body paste, more than ninety-seven fragments with faded green body
Ring: seventy-eight faded green, thirteen black, six red
Ball: six out of original thirteen
Ring: seventy-eight faded green, thirteen black, six red
Ball: six out of original thirteen
ProvenanceFrom Beg. South, Pyramid S 55. 1921: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of Sudan.