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Beads
Nubian
Napatan Period, reign of Malewiebamani
463–435 B.C.
Findspot: Nubia (Sudan), Nuri, Pyramid XI, chapel debris
Medium/Technique
Amazonite, faience
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number17-1-18
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsJewelry, Ancient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Beads
DescriptionTwo amazonite cylinder beads and one faience ring bead.
ProvenanceFrom Nuri, pyramid XI (Malewiebamani), chapel debris. 1917: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of the Sudan.