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Beads
Nubian
Napatan Period, reign of an unidentified ruler
593–555 B.C.
Findspot: Nubia (Sudan), Beg. South, Pyramid XXXIV
Medium/Technique
Faience
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number21.12006
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsJewelry, Ancient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Beads
Description5 separately housed categories: 30 small cylinders with fragments/ 24 rough balls/ 40 black discs/ 34 white-yellow discs/ 49 pinkish-brown discs.
ProvenanceFrom Beg. South, Pyramid XXXIV 1921: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of Sudan.