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Beads
Nubian
Napatan period to Meroitic Period
Findspot: Nubia, Meroe, W 263; Object Place: Nubia, Sudan
Medium/Technique
Faience and silver
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number23-1-129c
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsJewelry, Ancient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Beads
DescriptionFifteen ball beads core covered silver shuting (?) all decayed and imperfect. Also fragments of others
ProvenanceFrom Meroe, W 263. February, 1923: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of the Sudan.