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Beads
Nubian
Napatan Period, reign of unknown ruler
690–653 B.C.
Findspot: Nubia (Sudan), Meroe (Beg. South), Grave 166
Medium/Technique
Faience, stone, ostrich shell
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number21.12172
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CollectionsJewelry, Ancient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Beads
Description1 pendant, 6 short cylinders, and one longer cylinder of faded greenish faience; small, opaque, yellowish white ring bead of stone; 3 disk beads of ostrich shell
ProvenanceFrom Meroe (Beg. South) Grave 166. 1921: Excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of Sudan.