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Cylinder bead
Nubian
Findspot: Nubia (Sudan), Semna, S523
Medium/Technique
Agate
Dimensions
Diameter x length: 0.5 x 1.05 cm (3/16 x 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number24-3-242c
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsJewelry, Ancient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Beads
DescriptionCylinder bead (currently strung with 20 pale blue faience ring beads).
ProvenanceFrom Semna, S523. 1924: excavated by the Harvard University–Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of Sudan.