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Beads
Nubian
Meroitic Period
270 B.C.–A.D. 320
Findspot: Nubia, Meroe, Beg., W214A (see provenance); Object Place: Nubia, Sudan
Medium/Technique
Faience, glass, stone, glass paste
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number23-1-38b-f
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsJewelry, Ancient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Beads
Descriptionb & c) 11 carnelian and 32 faience ring and cylinder beads (field notes: b = 8 short cylinder beads, green and 3 red; c = 30 ring beads, red & green & white; cii = 3 ring beads, green)
d) not present (gold ring beads)
e) 8 tiny carnelian barrel beads
f) 2 whole and many fragments glass paste ball beads -- blue with red and white horizontal stripes (field notes: 4 whole and fragments ball beads...originally strung with wh. fai. ring (decayed to powder) OoooOoooO etc.)
d) not present (gold ring beads)
e) 8 tiny carnelian barrel beads
f) 2 whole and many fragments glass paste ball beads -- blue with red and white horizontal stripes (field notes: 4 whole and fragments ball beads...originally strung with wh. fai. ring (decayed to powder) OoooOoooO etc.)
ProvenanceFrom Meroe, Beg. W214A, b= from left hand, c = from neck, e = 4 from right hand, f = from neck. 1923: Excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of Sudan.