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Millefiore ball beads and fragments
Nubian
Meroitic Period
Findspot: Nubia (Sudan), N15, stairs with 21-12-126 (bronze bell)
Medium/Technique
Glass
Dimensions
Overall: 1.8 cm (11/16 in.)
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number24.1051
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsJewelry, Ancient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Beads
DescriptionNine millefiore ball beads. Blue with concentric spots of blue, white, yellow, and red flowers. Seven comlpete beads strung together and two broken beads loose.
ProvenanceFrom Meroe, N15, stairs with 21-12-126 (bronze bell). December 25, 1921: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of Sudan.