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Disc beads

Egyptian
Findspot: Nubia (Sudan), Semna, S520
Medium/Technique Faience
Dimensions Diameter: 0.6 cm (1/4 in.)
Credit Line Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number24-2-591o
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsJewelry, Africa and Oceania, Ancient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Beads
DescriptionTwenty-eight disc beads made of faience.
ProvenanceFrom Semna, S520. 1924: excavated by the Harvard University–Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of Sudan.