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Ball beads

Nubian
Meroitic Period
A.D. 30–175
Object Place: Sudan, Nubia, W 179

Medium/Technique Glass
Dimensions 0.15 x 0.7 cm (1/16 x 1/4 in.)
Credit Line Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number22-2-595f
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsJewelry / AdornmentBeads

DescriptionThree ball beads, white glass, fused together.
ProvenanceFrom Meroe, Beg. W. 179. February, 1922: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of the Sudan.