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String of beads
Nubian
Meroitic Period
270 B.C.–A.D. 320
Findspot: Nubia (Sudan), Gammai, Grave 140
Medium/Technique
Glass
Dimensions
Overall: 0.6 x 22 cm (1/4 x 8 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
By exchange with the Peabody Museum, Harvard
Accession Number44.32
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsJewelry, Ancient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Beads
DescriptionString of 33 red glass "eye-beads".
ProvenanceFrom Gammai, Nubia (Sudan), Grave 140, object #R5. 1915-6: excavated by Oric Bates & Dows Dunham for the Harvard Peabody Museum; 1924: given to Peabody Museum, Harvard University by Mrs. Oric Bates (Peabody Museum No. B 3946); exchanged with MFA by V/T Jan. 21, 1937 and V/C Jan. 7, 1944.