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Beads
Nubian
Meroitic Period
Findspot: Nubia (Sudan), Meroe, Beg.
Medium/Technique
Glass
Dimensions
Overall: 1.7 x 1.7 cm (11/16 x 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number23-2-79c
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsJewelry, Ancient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Beads
DescriptionForty-seven ball beads millefiore glass with pattern in yellow, red, brown, black repeated and distorted. About fifty smaller beads.
ProvenanceFrom Nubia, Meroe, Beg., N56 between A&B. Excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of Sudan.