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Nubian
Meroitic Period
50 B.C.–A.D. 40
Findspot: Nubia, Meroe (Beg.), W 318; Object Place: Nubia, Sudan

Medium/Technique Quartzite
Dimensions 0.7 x 1. cm (1/4 x 3/8 in.)
Credit Line Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number23-1-363b
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsJewelry / AdornmentBeads

DescriptionOne pendant bead, pear shaped, taper bored white












ProvenanceFrom Meroe, Beg. W. 318 January 1923: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of the Sudan.