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Beads
Nubian
Napatan Period, reign of Aspelta
593–568 B.C.
Findspot: Sudan, Nubia, Nuri, Pyramid 42
Dimensions
Legacy dimension: length of barrel-shaped beads .017 and .014; diameter of round beads approximately .01
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number20.386
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CollectionsJewelry, Ancient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Beads
DescriptionBeads. Two barrel-shaped alabaster beads and fifty-four round beads of various stones.
ProvenanceFrom Nubia, Nuri. 1920: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.
Findspot Information: Found in the Tomb of Queen Iusatha. Pyramid XLII at Nuri, January and February 1918.
Findspot Information: Found in the Tomb of Queen Iusatha. Pyramid XLII at Nuri, January and February 1918.