Advanced Search
Requires Photography
Beads
Nubian
Findspot: Nubia (Sudan), Semna, Under Taharqa's Temple, Debris of Room W. bb
Medium/Technique
Glazed faience
Dimensions
Diameter x length: 0.5 x 2.1 cm (3/16 x 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number28.1239
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsJewelry, Ancient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Beads
DescriptionThree long cylinder beads (two dark blue, one blue-green), one not very thick.
ProvenanceFrom Semna, Under Taharqa's Temple, Debris of Room W. bb. 1928: excavated by the Harvard University–Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of Sudan.