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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
CollectionsJewelry, Ancient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Beads
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.