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Cylinder beads
Nubian
Napatan Period, reign of unknown ruler
315–270 B.C.
Findspot: Nubia (Sudan), Meroe (Beg. South), Pyramid III
Medium/Technique
Faience
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number21.12004.3
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsJewelry, Ancient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Beads
DescriptionMore than eighty-five cylinder beads of yellow; white to yellow body paste, roughly made.
ProvenanceFrom Beg. South Pyramid III. Excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of Sudan.