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Ring beads

Nubian
Early Napatan Period
820–800 B.C.
Findspot: Nubia (Sudan), el-Kurru, Pyramid XIII enclosure

Medium/Technique Faience
Credit Line Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number19.2197
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ClassificationsJewelry / AdornmentBeads

DescriptionTwenty-four ring beads of white faience.
ProvenanceFrom el-Kurru, Ku. 13 (enclosure). 1919: excavated by the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Sudan.

(Accession date: January 7, 2005)