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Beads
Nubian
Napatan period to Meroitic Period
750 B.C.–A.D. 339
Medium/Technique
Faience, blue glaze
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number20.2354
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsJewelry, Ancient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Beads
DescriptionThree small fragments of sponge-like green bodied faience, two are pierced, probably fragments of beads.
ProvenanceFrom Nubia (Sudan) Gebel Barkal Temple B 501. 1920; Excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of Sudan.