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String of beads
Nubian
Meroitic Period
270 B.C.–A.D. 320
Findspot: Nubia (Sudan), Meroe (Beg.), Tomb W 571, floor debris
Medium/Technique
Carnelian, gold, faience
Dimensions
Overall: 39 cm (15 3/8 in.) length of string.
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number23.851
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CollectionsJewelry, Ancient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Beads
DescriptionStrand incorporates 4 scarabs (23-3-309, 310, 311 & 312), 23-3-315 (6 gold band beads & 2 small gold ball beads) and 23-3-316 (2 carnelian barrel beads) strung together with 23-3-313 strand of: 26 scarabs and scaraboids with 26 carnelian and 26 gold beads in an alternating pattern.
ProvenanceFrom Nubia: Meroe, Beg.W Tomb 571, floor debris. [Excav. date] March 4, 1923.