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Nubian
C-Group
2400–1550 B.C.
Findspot: Nubia (Sudan), Aniba, Object number 1507, No Tomb Number

Medium/Technique Faience, bone or ostrich egg-shell
Dimensions Overall: 9 cm (3 9/16 in.) length
Credit Line Gift of Georg Steindorff
Accession Number50.4129
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ClassificationsJewelry / AdornmentBeads

DescriptionString of faience ball beads, disk beads and bone or ostrich egg-shell disks types C1 and C3; 2 loose faience beads.
ProvenanceFrom Aniba Object number 1507, no Tomb Number: Excavated by Georg Steindorff; assigned to Steindorff by the government of Sudan.